This fact makes green roofs more practical for new development rather than retrofitting. There are a number of design considerations that will affect the efficiency of green roofs. Some of these ...

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities last week announced the winners of its 2013 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence. ... The Arts District Garage is a 1,000 car underground parking structure attached ...

Mayor Kasim Reed this morning is unveiling the city’s design for a 1,000-space, $48 million parking deck at Grant Park that will replace the space-wasting, seven-acre parking lot off Boulevard ...

As a Swiss company with over a century of expertise in precision engineering, Jakob Rope Systems understands that the best ...

Green roofs are part of a design movement to integrate nature into cities. The principles underscoring the movement are clear: Nature benefits human health and well-being. Menu.

[Photo: Omar Franco/courtesy MG2] Over the store itself is a green roof, the largest element of the design, which is off limits to human use. Barba says the space has 10 species of native plants ...

Carole Hunter and Bil Taylor's roof is green, but not because they have an odd sense of style. Their roof is home to an environment-friendly, thriving desert garden. "It's unique, and people are ...

This week, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require that certain new buildings be built with a green roof—an eco-friendly design technique that sows plants above a roofline. This ...

A green roof, anything about 10 to 15 centimetres deep with soil, plants and a growing mat, can reduce surface temperature by as much as 20 degrees, a study by Irga and colleagues Fraser Torpy and ...

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 ...