Classically, there are two types of green roofs: intensive and extensive. The extensive roof design has a thin depth of soil with few layers, while the intensive one has multiple deep layers of ...

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

A green roof will soon be coming to life on top of Norfolk Botanical Garden’s new Brock Entry Pavilion, part of the Garden of Tomorrow expansion. The rooftop will set a high bar for sustainable ...

Microplastics are everywhere and unavoidable. They’re in the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe. But if ...

The vegetation of the Green Roof helps to mitigate storm water problems in a number of ways. Rain water falls on the vegetation and begins to seep into the growing media. As small air pockets between ...

A new study finds that managing green roof soil microbes boosts healthy urban soil development, which is a methodology that could be applied to support climate resilience in cities. Green roofs ...

A green roof can house a high level of biodiversity - even if it’s high, dry and has poor soil quality. Becky Clover, our Urban Biodiversity Officer, says that by making a few tweaks here and there, ...

Weight is a concern on a vegetative roof and the added soil and plants cannot exceed 28 ... known colloquially as a "green roof." They welcomed the recent rain, which helped the transplanted ...

For the study, the researchers built their own green roof in Chicago using locally obtained mycorrhizal fungi into the soil to produce an inoculation effect. Studies have shown that mycorrhizal fungi ...

While traditional roofs reflect and amplify noise pollution, the soil and plants on a green roof can actually reduce internal and external sounds by nearly 40 to 50 decibels. Green roofs are well ...

A Dartmouth-led research team set out to determine if managing green roof soil microbes could boost healthy urban soil development, a methodology that could be applied to support climate ...

A Dartmouth-led research team set out to determine if managing green roof soil microbes could boost healthy urban soil development, a methodology that could be applied to support climate ...