Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens, and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More and more private companies and city authorities are investing in green ...

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 ...

American cities have a surprising amount of wasted open space. Even in densely packed urban areas like New York City, the prime real estate atop roofs is given much less consideration than one would ...

Green roofs color the skylines in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto and other North American cities, but Hoosiers have to look high and low to find similar examples of the plant-filled building tops in ...

John Rayner receives funding from the Australian and Victorian Governments, the City of Melbourne and Melbourne Water and is affiliated with Green Roofs Australasia. He helped to write the 'Growing ...

It all started in ancient Mesopotamia. That's how old the idea of a "green" roofs is. From the Ziggurat of Nanna to the fabled hanging gardens of Babylon, humans have been growing plants on roofs.

Napa-based architect Chris D. Craiker, AIA, NCARB, has been designing affordable and sustainable housing for almost 50 years. Reach him at 707-224-5060 or [email protected]. Read his previous columns.

What exists in high places, retains water, cools the city and is green all over? How about a green or “living roof”—an energy-saving solution found on many buildings in the GTA and is growing in ...

Buildings in the German city of Dusseldorf prove the sky is the limit when it comes to enriching the urban environment. Trading tiles for vegetation, green roofs promise both environmental and ...