Gothamist: Con Ed Finishes Green Roof in Long Island City

NannyState

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:10:46 -0500

This is nice but why not put up solar panels instead (tax incentives aside)? If every large roof area in NYC had some sort of solar on it, the energy savings would hopefully save the region from another coal-fired power plant. ConEd should be demonstarting alt. energy and leave the plantings to the City Parks Department.

Novanglus

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:33:55 -0500

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Spiritof76

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:50:18 -0500

Wait till the bugs get to be a problem. Was your tiny mind unable to comprehend the sentence that says "There are now 21,000 plants atop the three-story facility, including 15 varieties of sedum, a shrub like plant typically found in desert climates which can absorb rainwater and is resistant to pests"? Maybe, just maybe ConEd did a little bit of research before doing this rather than just jumping to conclusions like some Gothamist commenters. ConEd's green roof is supposed to save up to 30% in energy costs, but what is the breakeven point on its initial expenditure of $200,000? Even with the tax credits, it seems very pricey at this point. The tax credits are worth almost $50,000 on that. If it takes several years to make the money back, is it so bad to think in the long term rather than just demanding instant gratification like so many public companies and their stockholders do? That's not taking into account savings that don't impact the company directly. How much less pollution would we have in the rivers if there was less storm overflow in the sewer system thanks to green roofs? They'll probably find some way to screw it up, since it is ConEd. Yeah, not everybody can be perfect like the great Toby von Meistersinger, who has so much time on his hands that he loves to go around intentionally screwing with Wikipedia entries. At least Con Ed (and Wikipedia contributors) is trying to create something, rather than just going around messing things up and criticizing. Quite frankly, the articles you write on Gothamist suck, too, so I wouldn't brag about those.

just_saying

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:50:36 -0500

"[ConEd] spent $200,000 to install 1,350 trays filled with the plants." ConEd's green roof is supposed to save up to 30% in energy costs, but what is the breakeven point on its initial expenditure of $200,000? Even with the tax credits, it seems very pricey at this point.

Toby von Meistersinger

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:32:16 -0500

They'll probably find some way to screw it up, since it is ConEd.

ides_of_march

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:00:44 -0500

Wait till the bugs get to be a problem.

cucarachita

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:32:27 -0500

Wow, ConEd did something good for once? I'm dreaming?