Explore how living roofs can manage stormwater, support urban biodiversity, reduce rooftop temperatures, and improve ...

When it comes to insulation boards for vegetated roofs, there are several choices available but polyisocyanurate (also known as polyiso) continues to lead the way, according to the 2015-16 market ...

As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality that they’re getting dangerously hot. Record-breaking heat waves strain power ...

A biosolar roof system serves to cool solar panels, thereby boosting their electricity generation potential. By nurturing ...

A Shanghai experiment compared green, cool, and conventional roofs during summer and winter conditions. Green roofs reduced ...

A large percentage of urban land is covered by impervious surfaces such as roads, parking lots, and rooftops. These surfaces prevent rainwater from infiltrating into the ground, causing it to ...

When most people offer guests a tour of their home, they give you a spin through the kitchen, living room and maybe their yard. At Mark and Lucia Freeman’s home, an elegant mid-century modern ...

Many cities have created goals to reduce their carbon footprint over the next couple of years. One way they have found to do this is through the roofs of buildings, i.e. "green" and "cool" roofs. You ...

Dietger Wissounig Architekten designed this complex as an integral part of the landscape. It incorporates several green roofs that provide great insulation for the indoora and a fusion with the farms ...

Earth, the plants, and their matted roots provide some insulation on a sod roof. It’s probably a good idea to supplement it with some other type of insulation and/or reflective material, because when ...

Chicago City Hall, with a green roof, is adjacent to the identical Cook County Building, which has no green roof. (Photo by Patrick L. Pyszka / City of Chicago) This is your first of three free ...