Additionally, some roofs may not have been designed to support the additional load caused by the soil, absorbed water, and vegetation. This fact makes green roofs more practical for new development ...

If you’re considering adding a green roof to your property, we’ve broken down what you need to know about green roofs and their benefits.

Biodiversity in cities can be enhanced by creating more “green roofs” – roofs that are covered in vegetation. They improve air quality and insects can use them as stepping stones from one ...

Green roofs are typically made of a waterproofing membrane, a growing medium like soil, and vegetation or plants. These roofs provide significant environmental benefits, such as air cleaning ...

In many African cities, we often search far and wide for energy solutions — land for solar farms, rivers for hydropower, investors from across the oceans. But what if the solution we need is already ...

Both flat roofs are planted with vegetation, so-called green roofs. The installations were installed by Solenergi Fusen, an 11-year-old Norwegian project company specializing in commercial rooftop ...

How a trend to put vegetation on Hong Kong’s roofs ended in a tangled mess. There have been many studies around the world, including in Hong Kong, of the environmental aspects of green roofs.

The green roofs that grow in are then easy to care for. Rooftop gardens can also be done on a smaller scale on your own home if the conditions are right.

TA-Yhtiöt, a company that specialises in right-of-residence flats, is building a completely new kind of block of flats in Helsinki’s Jätkäsaari.The project uses new types of urban construction to ...

Despite lasting longer than traditional roofs, providing health benefits and being an effective tool to mitigate the impacts of climate change, green roofs haven’t caught on in Saskatchewan.