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FedEx Gains from Largest Green Roof at Airport

CHICAGO-The company’s recently opened packaging/sorting center near O’Hare International Airport has a continuous vegetated roof covering 175,000 square feet.

By Robert Carr | Updated on October 26, 2011

CHICAGO-O’Hare International Airport, one of the world’s busiest transit areas, is also the location for the largest green roof at a US airport. FedEx Corp. recently opened a new 175,000-square-foot package sorting center at the airport with a total green roof, the largest on a freestanding building in the Chicago area.

This is the company’s first green roof, though it plans more of the structures on at least three new buildings planned in Chicago. A FedEx spokeswoman tells GlobeSt.com that the sedum planting will reduce air pollution, storm water runoff and energy costs by 35% per year, or about $1.4 million, as the life of the roof will also double to 40 years. “We’re already seeing tremendous benefits from the roof,” she says. “The building wins because the roof is more durable, the company wins because of the lower heating bills and the environment wins because of the reduced water runoff and cleaner air.”

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