News tagged with green roofs
There's no one-size-fits-all green roof, studies show
Green roofs – rooftops covered with a layer of vegetation–are getting a lot of credit for providing environmental benefits. They have been found to reduce storm water runoff from buildings, conserve ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Solar panels cause clashes with homeowner groups
(AP) -- The government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Green roofs save money, energy but challenge Texas plants
When contractors talk of green buildings, they mean environmentally friendly and energy saving.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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How green are green roofs?
Covered with a growing medium and plants, green roofs can benefit a building's insulation, control storm-water drainage and remove pollution from the air, as well as provide wildlife habitats.
Sep 21, 2011 |
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CCNY's solar roof pod showcases innovative technology
A unique structure in the urban landscape has arisen on a plaza of The City College of New York campus over the past few months. Designed and built by CCNY students, faculty and team sponsors, it is meant ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Green facades are the future
Green facades and roofs are a current trend in building. Researcher Marc Ottele focused specifically on facades and sees considerable benefits in creating vertical vegetation. Among other things, the plants help to absorb ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Researchers find green roof is a cost-effective way to keep water out of sewers
Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and causing overflows, Columbia University researchers have found.
May 06, 2011 |
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5 standout species for extensive green roofs
Used throughout the world to lessen the environmental impact of urbanization, green roofs can offer a wide range of ecological and aesthetic benefits. A new study from researchers at Colorado State University's ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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How does your green roof garden grow?
Growing plants on rooftops is an old concept that has evolved from simple sod roofing to roof gardens and new, lightweight "extensive green roofs". Modern green roofs have environmental and social benefits; they can reduce ...
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Scientists unravel human-ecosystem interactions
Whether it is a single rock being overturned or an entire mountaintop being removed, humans play a continuous role in environmental processes, and vice versa. Ecological scientists will discuss findings on human-ecosystem ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Green Infrastructure is Cheaper and Better for Stormwater Control: Study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team led by the University of Illinois at Chicago has advised the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to phase in green infrastructure requirements for better and cheaper control of stormwater ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Maryland Farmer grows plants for green roofs around nation
It is a crisp fall day on Emory Knoll Farms as John Shepley stops at a raspberry bush, picks a few berries and pops them into his mouth on his walk to the greenhouses.
Dec 02, 2009 |
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ACS podcast: Grow a garden on your roof to battle climate change
"Green" roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan report in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Natural Fusion: Solar-powered home designed for 'realities of life'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Long cylinders wrapped in a thin dark blue film rest atop a newly constructed home in Central Pennsylvania. Beneath the cylinders is vegetation. The arrangement is not only the engine that ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2009 |
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'Green' roofs may help put lid on global warming
"Green" roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan are reporting.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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