{"id":1960,"date":"2019-06-27T17:50:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/?page_id=1960"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:28:11","slug":"buckley-sustainabilitybu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/internship-impacts\/buckley-sustainabilitybu\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Green Roof Gardens at Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-1281 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/profile\/sarabeth-buckley\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/Head-shot-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sarabeth Buckley headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/Head-shot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/Head-shot-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sarabeth Buckley<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Lead Plant Scientist, Oxman<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Project Partner:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sustainability\/\"><span> BU Sustainability<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Spring 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project summary: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban rooftops hold great promise for tackling climate change through the addition of food-producing gardens. What opportunities exist at Boston University (BU) to utilize rooftops for green roof gardens? Under the BU Climate Action Plan, Sarabeth examined the feasibility of green roofs on campus by developing a buildings grading system. She identified potential for green roofs atop Warren Tower, the George Sherman Union, and Mugar Library. Sarabeth calculated the cost of roof installation, the yield of edible vegetables, and other ecosystem services such as retaining water, lowering local temperatures, and providing a venue for community events. Throughout the project, Sarabeth gained insights into how different stakeholders view rooftop gardens while creating a useful decision-support tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Project deliverables:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/urban\/files\/2019\/06\/2019UrbanSpringSymposium_Sarabeth-Buckley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Policy brief<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0green roof suitability calculator that helps assesses structural integrity of the roof and estimates ecosystem services impact from green roof installation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment1883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1965\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/urban\/files\/2019\/06\/Buckley_GreenRoofs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2019\/06\/Buckley_GreenRoofs-e1561670844785-547x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"349\" class=\"wp-image-1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2019\/06\/Buckley_GreenRoofs-e1561670844785-547x636.png 547w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2019\/06\/Buckley_GreenRoofs-e1561670844785.png 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potential green roof locations at Boston University. a) Solar potential of roofs on campus. Aerial views of potential green roof areas of b) Warren Towers courtyard, c) sideview and e) plan view of Mugar Library roof top, and d) George Sherman Union.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Partner: BU Sustainability,\u00a0Spring 2019 Project summary: Urban rooftops hold great promise for tackling climate change through the addition of food-producing gardens. What opportunities exist at Boston University (BU) to utilize rooftops for green roof gardens? Under the BU Climate Action Plan, Sarabeth examined the feasibility of green roofs on campus by developing a buildings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14382,"featured_media":0,"parent":1881,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4087,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960\/revisions\/4087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}