A 'Living Roof' is Growing Atop Ford's Largest Factory–Saving Energy and Boosting Birds
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Ford's Rogue Factory in Dearborn, Michigan installed a 454,000-square-foot living roof of drought-resistant sedum and wild plants on its final assembly building in 2002, providing energy efficiency benefits while providing habitat for local kildeer and other birds.
The living roof was installed in 2002, not recently; this is a retrospective feature.
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