to make sure green roofs are used to help tackle climate change," he said. The two-year project will collect data from the "experimental site" on top of the OU's Stuart Hall building. Dr Kadmiel ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana have developed a novel model for calculating energy fluxes on PV green roofs. Green roofs are rooftops that are covered with vegetation ...

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 ...

green roof and facade systems facilitate high ratings in green building certifications, a key requirement in many projects. This is being driven by both increasing demand and more stringent ...

The green roofs, Mayor Wu said, are meant to help provide shade, improve air quality, add new green space, and increase stormwater retention. (Courtesy City of Boston) The green roofs, Mayor Wu ...

If you walk up to the roof of a social-housing apartment building in Amsterdam ... The city now has a network of “blue-green” roofs—designed to boost biodiversity, keep buildings cooler ...

"This is an exciting time for us to open our second international office," added David Capodilupo, MIT Sloan's assistant dean for global programmes. "We are looking forward to building on existing ...

For example, a green roof or a landscaped terrace are not only camouflaging, organic elements—they're brilliant design tools, too. Not only do they help lower the heat gain of a building's ...

According to the German Association of Building Greening (BuGG), Germany amassed approximately 3.1 million square kilometres of green roof area by the 2020s, falling short only 8 per cent of the ...