UConn's First "Green Roof"

Rose Cournoyer, center, and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT006729" title="Mike Turner" href="/topic/politics/mike-turner-PEPLT006729.topic">Mike Turner</a>, right, lift a 2x4 foot module of sedum and other plants to be placed on the roof in the Gant Complex at the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="OREDU0000152" title="University of Connecticut" href="/topic/education/colleges-universities/university-of-connecticut-OREDU0000152.topic">UConn</a> campus in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100207100000" title="Storrs" href="/topic/us/connecticut/tolland-county/storrs-PLGEO100100207100000.topic">Storrs</a> Wednesday. The trays together will cover 3,600 square feet to create the first "green roof" at the university.

( MICHAEL MCANDREWS / HARTFORD COURANT / September 2, 2009 )

Rose Cournoyer, center, and Mike Turner, right, lift a 2x4 foot module of sedum and other plants to be placed on the roof in the Gant Complex at the UConn campus in Storrs Wednesday. The trays together will cover 3,600 square feet to create the first "green roof" at the university.

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