The Hetzel Union Building (HUB), situated in the heart of the campus core, is the center of student activity at the Penn State University Park campus, serving more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Responding to a significant increase in usage and student space needs, the HUB was renovated. The renovation project included a 7,000 sq. ft. green roof, for which Sempergreen USA supplied the Sedum-mix vegetation blankets in close cooperation with landscape architect Chris Mendel of Andropogon as well as American Hydrotech.
Inhabitable green roof
Pennsylvania State University is committed to developing and sustaining a green campus. In such, all new and renovated buildings will utilize green technologies and many will have green roofs. The university's first inhabitable green roof at the HUB sits above a new mezzanine level in the Penn State Bookstore. The green roof includes space for seating and is envisioned as a space to accommodate gatherings serving the new multipurpose flex theater that will be added near the HUB parking deck entrance.
Landscape architect: Andropogon
Green roof assembly: American Hydrotech
