Brooklyn Grange Installs Passive Green Roof & Solar Panel Array On Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Campus Tata Innovation Center

Brooklyn Grange:

... farms rooftops, builds green spaces, and promotes sustainable living and local ecology through food, education, and events. We believe that social enterprise is a powerful driver of positive change, and that businesses should be a nourishing part of their community.

Last Tuesday, Brooklyn Grange installed a passive green roof on the Tata Innovation Center (formerly known as the Bridge at Cornell Tech) on the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech campus.

Transforming your Tuesday with some Cornell Roosevelt Island flavor. SOUND ON. #bgbuilds @… https://t.co/wMbMLU5se8

— Brooklyn Grange (@BrooklynGrange) March 13, 2018

Transforming your Tuesday with some Cornell Roosevelt Island flavor. This Forest City Ratner project is off the chain, with green roof, huge solar panel array, and more! SOUND ON. #bgbuilds

A post shared by Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm (@brooklyngrange) on Mar 13, 2018 at 11:15am PDT

I asked:

Not quite. Just some passive green roofs to help manage storm water and reduce urban heat island effect. Always love working with forward-thinking, eco-conscious developers!

— Brooklyn Grange (@BrooklynGrange) March 13, 2018

The Tata Innvoation Center is:

"The Tata Innovation Center is the physical embodiment of what Cornell Tech is all about” says @cornell_tech’s Dean Dan Huttenlocher. The Tata Innovation Center will bring different industries under one roof, and will spark new ideas that will create a better digital future. pic.twitter.com/563Vm8ybsm

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 7, 2018

The convergence of industry and academia; the birthplace of the future of tech. Join the companies shaping what’s next, along with @cornell_tech’s brightest minds, here at the Tata Innovation Center. https://t.co/fI1dBOqz0y pic.twitter.com/4NYy1vwruz

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 8, 2018

Join @citi, @two_sigma and Ferrero here at The Bridge, now the Tata Innovation Center, where industry-leading innovation converges with the brightest minds at @cornell_tech. https://t.co/fI1dBOqz0y pic.twitter.com/T3Sv8rvfqm

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) February 28, 2018

and has some fantastic rooftop views too.

Spring will be here soon, and with that, comes the opportunity for outdoor brainstorms to generate ideas as fresh as the Roosevelt Island air. Move your startup to the Tata Innovation Center. https://t.co/fI1dBOqz0y pic.twitter.com/wESEl5BDs0

— The Bridge (@BridgeAtCornell) March 5, 2018

More info on the Tata Innovation Center,

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and everything you want to know about Green Roofs from a Roosevelt Island tour of NYC Parks Department Randall's Island facility Green Roof