A recent study, led by researchers at Tongji University in Shanghai, examined the correlation between green roofs — that is, ...

In Germany, buildings with green roofs are actually insured for a longer time (40 years as opposed to 30) than buildings without them, ...

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 ...

According to Green Roofs NYC, the average maintenance cost for extensive green roofs ranges from $0.75 to $2.00 per square foot, while that of an intensive green roof ranges from $1.25 to $2.00 ...

Green roofs provide many benefits including storm water runoff control, mitigation of urban heat-island effects, building energy conservation, and provides habitat for wildlife and pollinators. The ...

Green roofs help soak up any precipitation that falls on them, and then it delays that runoff by its intense filtering ...

Green roofs are a growing trend in urban cities, and researchers in Shanghai are making a strong case for why we need them.

A green roof on the Solaire apartment building at 20 River Terrace, which is in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan. New York Daily News Archive/New York Daily News/Getty Images.

Green roofs can suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, provide habitats for pollinators, and help to insulate buildings. "Cooling very important due to the urban heat island effect, as cities ...

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.

Temps soar in Brazil's summer (from December to March). Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for a favela home.

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 ...