"These findings offer valuable insights and data." Researchers make surprising discovery about benefits of modern building ...

Despite their eco-friendliness, green roofs are still not entirely implemented in Florida due to concerns over their resistance to natural catastrophes like Hurricanes. Glenn Acomb, senior ...

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

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

I hate green architecture. I can't stand the hype, ... The most obvious ecofeature of his elegantly simple glass-sided pavilion is the green roof: a rolling 2.5-acre terrain, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...