Integrating nature into our homes is more than an aesthetic choice; it is a fundamental investment in the quality of the ...

Asbury Woods' Nature Center, for the past two decades, has utilized a green roof, also known as a vegetative roof, made of living plants. Green roofs offer environmental benefits such as reducing ...

The whole building has in excess of 80% green roof cover, using highly screened demolition waste and loam as a growing medium. The green roofs and rainwater drainage are monitored as part ongoing PhD ...

Green roofs also lower the temperature around the building, reducing what’s known as the urban heat island effect, where the concrete and buildings increase the temperatures of cities and towns. A ...

A small team of researchers at Tongji University, working with a colleague from the Shanghai Academy of Landscape ...

Although a built-in green roof might last as long as the building it’s attached to, a modular green roof will likely only last around 30 years.

Key points. M House at Clareville is part of a recent architectural trend a “green roof”, designed to be more environmentally friendly and keep the house cooler in summer.

With a green roof that blends it into the hills, this two-storey home in Brazil feels like it is a part of the lush landscape of Porto Feliz. Photo: Fernando Guerra ...

Commissioned to design a new factory for luxury fashion house Fendi, Milan studio Piuarch has created a large building that's topped by an impressive green roof, helping it take its place well ...

Green roofs can keep the building cooler in summer and absorb rainwater, and the excess water can help slowly recharge the rainwater harvesting system, avoiding fast runoff, it noted.

Pratt is participating by constructing green infrastructure on campus by retrofitting the Cannoneer Court Parking Lot and installing a green roof on North Hall. The Sustainable Environmental System’s ...