The first study to compare the performance of different types of green roofs has been completed by The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and suggests that buyers ...

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 ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a multi-published NYC-based writer whose work has appeared in myriad publications ranging from Forbes to Real Simple to Cosmopolitan. She’s written hundreds of articles as ...

A Tongji University research project has provided evidence that green roofs can remove microplastics from rainwater, according to Anthropocene. The vegetative building toppers have long been used to ...

The United States Postal Service uses sustainable building practices to help protect the environment. One example of this is the USPS’ first vegetated green roof, which was installed on the Morgan ...

From the sidewalk, the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board’s administration building at 625 St. Joseph St. seems inconspicuous. But from high above, it looks like a Central Business District urban ...

There’s been a movement in architecture over the past couple of decades to help tie together large urban developments with plant life and greenery. We’ve seen a few buildings, and hundreds more ...

Researchers credit the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as the first examples of green roofs. Although there is no proof of its exact location and very little literature on the structure, the most accepted ...

Ian Cheibub for NPR It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva’s roof. Students from both ...

The newly-created Youth Sustainability Corps will expand the 200,000 square feet of green roofs overseen by the Parks Dept. — rooftops outfitted with features like native plants, hydroponic towers and ...

Toronto now requires up to 50% green roof coverage on multi-unit residential dwellings over six stories, schools, nonprofit housing, and commercial and industrial buildings. The city of Toronto late ...

When the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce Building opened two years ago, the organization’s leadership touted the building’s environmentally friendly design, complete with a green roof that includes ...