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Will roof installations make other cities green with envy?
0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, September, 2008 | by DAMON C. WILLIAMS williadc@phillynews.com 215-854-5924
Philadelphia is about to get a lot greener, from the top down.
In a press conference yesterday at Peco Energy Co.'s Market Street headquarters, Mayor Nutter joined Peco's president and chief executive, Denis O'Brien; Philadelphia Horticultural Society President Jane Pepper and Free Library CEO Linda Johnson in announcing that the utility company is nearing completion of its "green roof," while the library plans its own green roof with Peco's financial help.
"The centerpiece of Peco's environmental initiative is the creation of a 45,000-square-foot green roof" atop the Peco building, said O'Brien. "We are at the vanguard of this environmental effort, and as an engineer, I admire the benefits a green roof can provide."
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