An Eichler house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright protégé Aaron Green undergoes a sensitive renovation and addition, including ...

Discover the art of building a mud house with a rice-growing roof—a unique survival shelter designed for sustainability and forest living. Watch as we use traditional methods and natural materials to ...

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.

Blue roofs can be independent or work underneath a green roof, like in many ZinCo projects. The company manufactures its blue roof assemblies and corresponding green roof geotextiles (including its ...

How the Green Roof Will Sprout As well as performing regular ... The pre-planted trays were assembled on the finished roof assembly with the plants already established, making for a “finished” looking ...

In addition, many British Board of Agrément (BBA) certificates state that green roof coverings, as listed below ... In dwellings, offices, assembly or recreation buildings under 15m high, a substrate ...

There are no London-wide targets for green roofs. Under the London Plan 2021, most major developments should demonstrate achievement of Urban Greening Factor targets, and green roofs may form part of ...

Green roofs have become increasingly popular thanks to their benefits related to climate adaptation, mitigation, and urban biodiversity management. But, in the U.S., green roofs are typically ...

“Building a green roof can save energy and help the city ... Located atop the Dearborn Truck Plant final assembly building, it collects and filters stormwater runoff, improving water quality and ...

ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Air and Noise Pollution, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Peter Irga receives funding from the Australian Research ...