Sky Gardens: Where Cool Green Meets Lofty Blue

“This Week in Review” on GreenroofsTV: September 14, 2012: Each week you can expect to lea...

In 2010, Oregon BEST (the Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center) launched its grant program and is now on their way to awarding $1 million in grants this year. Applied Exergy Inc. is a startup company working with Oregon State University to create energy storage technology that captures and stores energy as an icy slush and then uses it when needed. A Portland ecoroof startup, Columbia Green Technologies , whom we’ve reported on before, will use their grant to fund their work with Portland State University researchers to measure and track how ecoroof systems manage stormwater runoff in urban settings.

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