Don’t know if y’all saw this but the General Services Administration Building in Portland is apparently getting a green makeover. One that includes fins.
From a NYTimes story:
As part of a $133 million renovation, the General Services Administration is planning to cultivate “vegetated fins” that will grow more than 200 feet high on the western facade of the main federal building here, a vertical garden that changes with the seasons and nurtures plants that yield energy savings.
The architects are still trying to figure out all the logistics, such as irrigation and pruning, but the GSA estimates a savings of $280,000 annually in energy costs.
But it’s not without controversy.
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