Location: Schaumburg, IL
Website: www.urbanenviroscapes.com
Email: andyc@urbanenviroscapes.com
Mission: Urban Enviroscapes is a company dedicated to innovative green roofing and urban farming applications. We supply products that promote saving energy while improving the environment and organic “just add water� modular farming applications for use on rooftops, balconies, or anywhere with sunlight!
For Urban Enviroscapes®, 'Green' is not just a buzz word referring to an environmentally friendly product. We offer products that are literally green. Rooftop garden, vegetated roof, urban farming, green roof; however you refer to it, it means the same thing: growing vegetation on top of a roof in order to make the environment healthier, lower a building’s energy costs, and improve urban areas aesthetically. We provide unique products, modular green roofing systems, which utilize the commonly over-looked rooftop space of buildings. Green roofs will no longer be an option only for those with large amounts of capital, or exceptionally strong rooftops, or for the extremely environmentally conscientious.
We created 4 different products, ranging from inexpensive modules for green roofing, up to a more expensive household unit that has the ability to grow agriculture just by adding water. Our products address the shortcomings of current solutions to green roofs and urban farming. Furthermore, we will create more jobs locally and have a focus on sustainability and pushing cities to support green efforts. Urban Enviroscapes® will bring green roofs and urban gardens to the masses and show the world how everyone can save money while also saving the environment.
Event Highlights: We attended The National Summit to showcase our modules and our ideas.
Andy Camp and James Young
Andy Camp: Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
James Young: Co-Founder and Chief Engineering Officer
Since: January 2009
Biographical highlights: Mr. Camp has been the main contact for establishing many of the resources and competitions that the company is currently engaged in, while also pushing the company to new avenues for success. Taking lead roles on and off campus as the President of the Technology and Management Executive Board at The University of Illinois, and a winner of the “50 for the Future� of Illinois’ future leaders, Mr. Camp is using the skills he has obtained to move the company forward. With a background in chemical engineering, and a minor in Technology and Management, Mr. Camp has learned to use his engineering, analytical and problem solving skills towards business situations to innovatively start the company and address all issues.
With a background in Materials Science and Engineering, as well as a member of The Hoeft Technology and Management Program, Mr. Young has combined his skills with a strong interest in agriculture to give the company an edge on its competitors. Mr. Young continues to find new ways to keep Urban Enviroscapes® in the frontlines of technology and make sure that no resources are going unused. Mr. Camp and Mr. Young have traveled to China and South Korea on business trips to become more accustomed to doing business internationally, and Mr. Young to India on his own, further showing that they have a very unique set of skills and connections to bring Urban Enviroscapes® to the frontlines of the green revolution in the United States and around the globe.
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