Comments on: What is your life’s work? http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/ not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dunrie http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3724 Dunrie Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:57:30 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/#comment-3724 HI Catherine, Thanks for stopping by! Yes, I've often wondered why we roof with black. Maybe it is to absorb heat in the chilly winter months? No idea....! D. HI Catherine,
Thanks for stopping by!
Yes, I’ve often wondered why we roof with black. Maybe it is to absorb heat in the chilly winter months? No idea….!
D.

]]> By: Catherine Juon http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3720 Catherine Juon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:57:43 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/#comment-3720 Funny, I also have a thought about roofs! I was recently listening to a show on global warming and the speed with which our polar ice caps are melting... And how this will only increase more dramatically over time as one of the functions of the ice caps is to reflect heat... With less ice, the earth absorbs more heat, faster, exacerbating the situation... My thought was: How could we 'replace' this reflective ability? Perhaps with art installations like Christo's umbrellas? Or more practically, we could just stop roofing with black/dark shingles and switch to white! That, and encourage the purchase of white cars, and I bet you could make a huge difference! Greening roofs probably accomplishes the same thing with a lot of additional benefits. Another local example is the Ann Arbor library. (My) Dave heard the architect talk about the project, and he's local - Dan Mooney. Here's his firm - could be fun to talk to! http://www.lzarch.com/ Funny, I also have a thought about roofs! I was recently listening to a show on global warming and the speed with which our polar ice caps are melting… And how this will only increase more dramatically over time as one of the functions of the ice caps is to reflect heat… With less ice, the earth absorbs more heat, faster, exacerbating the situation…

My thought was: How could we ‘replace’ this reflective ability? Perhaps with art installations like Christo’s umbrellas? Or more practically, we could just stop roofing with black/dark shingles and switch to white! That, and encourage the purchase of white cars, and I bet you could make a huge difference!

Greening roofs probably accomplishes the same thing with a lot of additional benefits. Another local example is the Ann Arbor library. (My) Dave heard the architect talk about the project, and he’s local – Dan Mooney. Here’s his firm – could be fun to talk to! http://www.lzarch.com/

]]> By: mom http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3718 mom Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:36:22 +0000 http://scientificink.com/blog/2008/12/29/what-is-your-lifes-work/#comment-3718 The Rouge Plant greened the roof of a new manufacturing plant and it's lovely. I also put a picture of a green roof in Germany on the family website. I think greening roofs in Michigan is a good idea and there is a beginning at the Rouge Plant. I wonder if there is information on costs/benefits that might entice people to add greenery to a flat roof. Sounds like you've come in a circle back to the work you did for the N.J. conservation group when you worked on greenways. The Rouge Plant greened the roof of a new manufacturing plant and it’s lovely. I also put a picture of a green roof in Germany on the family website.
I think greening roofs in Michigan is a good idea and there is a beginning at the Rouge Plant. I wonder if there is information on costs/benefits that might entice people to add greenery to a flat roof.
Sounds like you’ve come in a circle back to the work you did for the N.J. conservation group when you worked on greenways.

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