EarthTimes.org reports that installation is now underway for California’s largest living roof atop the new Academy of Sciences. With 1.7 million plants, the 2.5 acre expanse is claimed to be the most complex green roof ever constructed.
Although the report says that “The new Academy’s living roof features much steeper slopes than any other living [...]
Archive for June, 2007
25 Jun
Rooftop hillslopes under construction
24 Jun
Spinach-powered soy house
Inhabitat reports of a green-roofed spinach-powered house with soy-based walls:
We all know how good spinach is for your body, but did you know that it is also good for your house? That’s the proposition behind the house designed by Matthew Coates and Tim Meldrum. Together, they have designed a residence which obtains its electricity from [...]
21 Jun
Manhattan envisages skyscraper farms
Scientists at Columbia University have devised a plan for interior skyscraper farms for New Yorkers.
The BBC reports that Columbia University Professor Dickson Despommier and his students took existing greenhouse technology as a starting point and are now convinced that vertical farms within city skyscrapers are a practical suggestion.
In their design, energy is generated from [...]
20 Jun
Carbon trading with living roofs and walls
Pictured: Maria Atkinson, Lend Lease’s Global Head of Sustainability.
Lend Lease and Origin Energy are developing what they claim to be a world-leading mechanism that will enable the global property industry to measure and sell carbon credits achieved through energy efficiency measures included in buildings.
Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities will be asking Lend Lease [...]
5 Jun
A beautiful way to fight climate change
June 5, 2007: “Green roofs have really captured many people’s imagination as a beautiful way to fight climate change and save money.” The words come from Steven Peck, Founder and President of Toronto-based Green Roofs for Healthy Cities-North America, which has more than 1,300 members among North American municipal governments and green roof businesses.
“Green [...]
4 Jun
Global interest in green roofs “rapidly expanding”
WGRIN delegates at the April 30 meeting in Minneapolis, where Green Roofs for Healthy Cities – North America hosted its two-day Green Roofs conference that attracted about 1,000 people from 17 countries. From left are Francois Lasalle (France), Robyn Simock (New Zealand), Riccardo Rigolli (Italy), Manfred Köhler (Germany), Varga Garbor (Hungary), Peter Lowitt (USA,Canada), [...]
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