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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.

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The living roof was installed in 2002, not recently; this is a retrospective feature.

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