For more info visit the city of toronto city hall website here and the green roofs for healthy cities website here and download a project.
Toronto city hall green roof hours.
Or if you re like me the photography may.
To 6 p m anyone can pop by to spend some quality time communing with nature.
With all that friendly collaboration it s no wonder that they re only too happy to share their lush green roof with the public as a meeting place and event space.
Read the the green roof podium at toronto city hall with a roof plan and plant lists from the city of toronto.
But yet you have not experienced much else that exists up that long ramp.
A photo tour of the toronto city hall green roof.
On the podium roof of toronto s city hall in downtown toronto at 100 queen street west.
Open daily from 11 a m.
Perhaps you re familiar with the iconic architecture that is city hall.
Brochures and access information are available from the access toronto information counter in the rotunda lobby at city hall.
The city hall podium green roof continues to be featured as part of doors open weekend on may 29 and 30 from 10 a m.
The podium green roof at toronto city hall is open is open monday friday.
Toronto s largest publicly accessible green roof.
Benchmarking is in place to measure energy savings.
The ceremonial ramp leads from nathan phillips square to the city hall podium green roof.
Approximately 3 250 m2 35 000 square feet of concrete on the podium roof has been transformed into living vegetation to reduce the building s environmental.
The city hall green roof will reduce our energy costs provide air quality improvements and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
If you re visiting toronto from afar you may not want to miss out on this space.
A green roof can typically reduce storm water run off by 50 to 90 minimizing the impact on the combined sewer system and reducing system overflows during peak.
The green podium roof at city hall.
And weekends and holidays.
Of the green roofs from monday to friday from 9 a m.
Open year round toronto s largest publicly accessible green roof was unveiled back in 2010 when the.
Then last year toronto issued a bylaw that requires all new buildings and retrofits to include a green roof and the city decided to lead the way with a renovation of their city hall and a.