Listen this Wednesday at 9am for a repeat of a Radio National interview about green roofs. Or download the podcast here.
Alan Saunders interviews Christian Werthmann, Associate Professor in Landscape Architetecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Wertmann is also author of Green Roof – A Case Study (Princeton Architectural Press), left, which we will seek [...]
Archive for October, 2007
14 Oct
ABC Radio National podcast
12 Oct
Retrofit a cheap, effective option
AJC reports that a building first constructed in 1946 recently received the highest level accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council.
It is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, platinum building in the city of Atlanta and only one of four in the Southeast.
Half the building houses the Dynamic Dish vegetarian [...]
12 Oct
Council reckons green roofs are cool
Chicago has introduced a ‘cool roofs’ grant program to reduce urban warming, which occurs when heat is absorbed by pavement and other dark surfaces.
AJC reports that the program comes two years after the Department of Environment launched its Green Roof program, aimed at improving water quality by filtering pollutants from rainfall with [...]
3 Oct
Green building at no extra cost
Environmental Design & Construction magazine reports that University System of Maryland’s newest building, which earned Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), has come in under budget.
The magazine reports that he project team has achieved ninety-three percent of the proposed sustainable design and engineering initiatives without exceeding the project’s $45 million construction [...]
1 Oct
Green facade coverage rapidly growing
The coverage of green roofs in US cities is growing by 125% a year, but vertical gardens are set to increase at an even higher rate, according to a report in Business 2.0.
The report quotes Steven Peck, founder of the Toronto- based green roof industry association Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Peck says living [...]
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