Dimensions: Multiple Available | Frame Material: Aluminum | Panel Material: Polycarbonate | Roof ... to build a greenhouse (like I did, using recycled materials) than to buy a kit.

In the two decades since it was installed, the green roof at Asbury Woods has helped reduce runoff and carbon dioxide, contributed to the cooling of the building beneath it and offered a home to ...

Peck says one of the most effective tools in the living architect’s kit is “vegetative technology ... heat is channeled into the building. But green roofs are covered in hungry plants ...

Build the outer frame first then add a central strut for strength. Using the L-brackets, join together the outer sides of the green roof structure. Measure carefully and use the L-brackets to ...

You may be wondering: are green roofs worth it? Build your own residential green roof system today to turn your roof into a canopy of lovely plants that will keep your house comfortable year-round ...

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.

Colorado State University professor Jennifer Bousselot is growing a garden on top of a building in Denver as part of her ongoing research into “green roofs” and her efforts to educate the ...

Eight different combinations of base materials and vegetation will be tested at the "living lab" on top of an Open University building A university has added a green roof on its campus so ...