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Purdue University?EUR??,,????'?????< Gary Elliott, State Farm administrative services manager, presented a check for more than $68,000 to representatives of Boiler Green Initiative, a student organization that focuses on evaluating and enhancing the sustainability of Purdue and surrounding communities. Initiative President Ryan P. Cambridge, a senior from Indianapolis majoring in landscape architecture, and Vice President Am????????(R)???????+???????(R)???????(C)lie Davis, a graduate student in forestry and natural resources, accepted the check on Feb. 23rd in Schleman Hall, Room B38. Green roofs range from mossy vegetation to full-scale gardens, meadows or trees that grow on specialized structures atop buildings. Cambridge, who founded the initiative in 2006, wrote the grant and designed Schleman Hall?EUR??,,????'?????< Kim Wilson, landscape architecture professor and initiative adviser, said both Purdue and the environment would benefit from the new roof. ?EUR??,,????'?????< Elliott said Purdue?EUR??,,????'?????< Cambridge said the Boiler Green Initiative?EUR??,,????'?????< Future plans call for green roofs on the Discovery Park research facility Mann Hall, the Purdue Armory and a portion of the horticulture building. Purdue News Service: purduenews@purdue.edu |
