“If you put up a green roof, it’s not like you’re gonna have the Jungle Book on top of your roof,” Haines said. Collaborators on the project include MU junior Darian Hauf, F&M biology ...

Green roofs, that is. Though the concept may sound cutting-edge, the idea of incorporating more natural elements into architecture has actually been around for decades. However, with the search ...

Both groundlevel vegetation and rooftop solar panels wouldn’t have that same sort of success: They’d lower temperatures in London by about half a degree F on average. Green roofs would ...

Green roofs had an erratic pattern throughout the day. Their effects fluctuated significantly. It decreased temperatures by 0.5 degrees Celsius, but at night, the trapped heat in the organic ...

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 ...

The city now has a network of “blue-green” roofs—designed to boost biodiversity, keep buildings cooler in heat waves, and help deal with increasingly frequent extreme rain. The city ...

The Forge technology center in Bloomington, IN, is home to the city’s first LiveRoof® & RoofBlue® Retain system.

This green roof is a symbol of ESF culture, demonstrating how the College implements what it teaches in its programs. Green roofs provide many benefits including storm water runoff control, mitigation ...

"Wherever we can put a green roof on, we will," begins Jim Rosa. Rosa is the Director of Facilities at City Center Lehigh Valley. His employer, which owns many of the buildings downtown ...

These “cool roofs” should perform better than solar panels, green roofs or adding more trees ... Temperatures that summer peaked at 35.6°C (96.1°F). Cool roofs outperformed all other ...

World Congress on Green Roofs & Façades Basel 2025 part of the Green Building Week Basel & Zurich organised by ZHAW Institute ...