(PRWEB) November 19, 2005 -- On Oct. 21 Wind Engineering went Green. The St. Louis based engineering firm utilized Green Roof Blocks ™, to install the environment friendly roof at its Oak Bend office building. Green Roofs are aesthetic vegetated roof covers that help to reduce energy consumption and costs, decrease storm water runoff, and preserve the life of roof materials. Many communities are looking to the green roofing concept as a possible strategy of replacing the green space sacrificed by the building process.

While traditional green roofs are expensive, require expensive water proofing, drainage systems and an excessive amount of soil, Wind Engineering opted for the new portable system developed by Green Roof Blocks™. Green Roof Blocks™ are self contained portable units that hold four square feet of drought resistant sedum foliage that are available in over 400 plant styles.

The 98 Green Roof Blocks™ installed for the Wind Engineering project were grown off site for nearly three months to allow the plants to develop and mature. This option allowed the rooftop to be instantly green with fully grown plants rather than the typical seedlings planted in many green roofs. The Green Roof Blocks™ were hoisted to the roof using a shingle roofing conveyor provided by Roofers Mart, an area roofing supplier.

“This was the first time we used a conveyor to roof load our green roof. It really worked out well,” said Kelly Luckett, president of Green Roof Blocks™. “We were able to roof load and install 98 Green Roof Blocks™ in under 40 minutes. That’s less than half the time of using a crane.”

Green Roof Blocks™ is a subsidiary of St. Louis Metalworks, with offices located at
11701 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO 63033. The company maintains a web site at:
www.greenroofblocks.com and media site at, www.greenroofsmedia.com.