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freep.com - A building turns green from the rooftop down - BY GINA DAMRON
The roof, which fits with the green building policy the city adopted in
2006, will help reduce storm-water runoff, improve air quality and cut
some heating and cooling costs because of the insulation the vegetation
will provide, said Shawn Keenan, the city's water resources coordinator.
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thetimes.co.za - Greenhouse to bleak house
While more buildings are planting their roofs with grass, trees or shrubs, the interior landscaping industry finds itself in a difficult place, professionals say.
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www2.ljworld.com - Putting down the roots: Grass roofs latest trend in green building - By Sarah Henning
Scooter’s is just one example of green roofs sprouting up around Lawrence and the surrounding area. Also going green is the weight room at Kansas University’s 80,000-square-foot Anderson Family Football Complex. There, the roof is hardly distinguishable from its surroundings at Campanile Hill — which, of course, was exactly the point, says university architect Warren Corman.
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greenerbuildings.com - California Academy of Sciences Poised to Open New Green Quarters - By Leslie Guevarra
The 410,000-square-foot structure designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano features museum, research and work space on three levels that include multilevel exhibits within that framework. The building is crowned by a 2.5-acre living roof. The rolling landscape of colorful native plants and wildflowers sits 35 feet above the ground and mirrors the nearby slopes of San Francisco's Twin Peaks and Mount Davidson.
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earth2tech.com - California Academy of Sciences’ New Green Home - by Craig Rubens
GRHC's Award of Excellence for the California Academy of Sciences
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washingtontimes.com - Special feature: Green living - Michele Lerner
[Washington] District was named one of the Top Ten Best U.S. Green Roof Cities by the advocacy group Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. Todd Tibbitts, senior vice president for property services at Post Properties Inc., wrote in an article on green roofs for Units magazine that in 2007, more than 55,000 square feet of new green roofs were installed in the District.
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roanoke.com - Students plant green roof on Seitz Hall - By Greg Esposito
Her interest in "green roofs," an innovation to combat that problem, landed her on the roof of Seitz Hall on Thursday morning, passing small water-efficient plants called sedums to fellow classmates so they could vegetate a 250-square-foot area.
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seattlepi.nwsource.com - The Grounded Gardener: Low-impact guidelines you can use - By MARTY WINGATE
This new concept [of green roofs] is as old as the hills. From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to hobbit holes to sod houses on the prairies, green roofs have kept dwellings cool in the summer and warm in the winter while providing forage for any available livestock.
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dailytexanonline.com - Study says green roofs are better insulators, more eco-friendly - By Mackenzie Meador Roofs from different manufacturers differed in their effectiveness at retaining rain water and conserving energy when the Wildflower Center tested them, said Mark Simmons, the UT ecologist who led the study. The type of planting medium, which ranges from soil to man-made substances, used on the roofs caused much of the difference.
Even less-effective green roofs make a difference, though. Compared to regular roofing material, green roofs do a better job of insulating buildings and lowering interior temperatures and energy costs, Simmons said. Green roofs also reduce rain runoff onto streets and in storm drains. See Also:
An important study, coverage of these results has continued - see the latest here: isa.org - Done right, green roofs cool buildings better economictimes.indiatimes.com - Green roofs differ in capacity to cool interiors
myfoxaustin.com - FOXe Report: Green Roofs
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kxan.com - Green roofs can cut electric bills by 20 percent
physorg.com - Green Roofs Differ in Building Cooling, Water Handling Capabilities
utexas.edu - Green Roofs Differ in Building Cooling, Water Handling Capabilities |
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media-newswire.com - New York Expands Renewable Net Metering and Green Roof Incentives - press release
New York Governor David Paterson signed a legislative package on August 5 that will encourage people throughout the state to install grid-connected solar and wind power systems, systems that generate power from farm wastes, and green roofs. Most of the bills relate to net metering, which allows homeowners and businesses to earn credit for any excess power that they feed back into the electric grid. Senate Bill 7171 expands net metering to include non-residential solar power systems up to 2 megawatts in capacity, or equal in size to the customer's peak load, whichever is less, and increases the maximum solar power system size for residential customers to 25 kilowatts, up from 10 kilowatts. The bill also attempted to increase the limit for farm-based anaerobic digesters to 1 megawatt, but a separate bill, S. 8415, knocked the limit down to 500 kilowatts, which is still an improvement over the previous limit of 400 kilowatts. S. 7171 also requires each utility to develop a model contract and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions for net metering of non-residential customers, and to develop safety standards for interconnecting these customers. It also includes a requirement for an external disconnect switch, which is rarely needed for modern grid connection equipment.
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energyefficiencynews.com - New York paves way for microgeneration and green roofs
gothamgazette.com - Green Roofs, Walls, and the Sewers - By Mike Muller
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telegram.com - WPI’s new dormitory grows to meet a need - By George Barnes
WPI recently installed an environmentally sound and academically interesting living green roof on East Hall, its newest dormitory. The 5,000-square-foot plant-covered section of East Hall’s roof will improve the building’s environmental footprint in several ways, including handling and filtering storm water. The roof plantings include a combination of low-maintenance, drought-resistant specimens such as sedums, chives, hen and chickens — a species of succulent plant — and ice plants, also known as Delosperma. Most of the plants were selected not only for their ability to hold water, but also for their color and to provide a new habitat for birds, butterflies and other species.
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wpi.edu - Students to Move into WPI's New 'Green' Residence Hall on August 25 - News Release
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nature.com - How green is your roof? - Katrina Charles
Government subsidies have caused a flowering of green roofs across Europe and North America, as people hope to cash in on their aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits. And research certainly supports the idea that they can reduce the need for air conditioning or heating; cut the amount of rain that runs off the roof, helping to mitigate flooding; and even provide urban habitat for insects and birds. But there has been little work on establishing a basic standard for such roofs, says Stephan Brenneisen, an ecologist at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.
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capitalpress.info - Marin nursery goes native - Julia Hollister
The nursery has a large selection of plants for living roofs. Roofs, which can be covered in turf, flowers, grasses or trees, have been used in home buildings in many parts of the world for thousands of years.
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kansascity.bizjournals.com - Boulevard Brewing gets hopping on effort to boost sustainability - by James Dornbrook
The company’s new brew house has a roof planted with vegetation, absorbing as much as a half-inch of rain before becoming saturated. The plants also insulate the roof in the winter and provide shade in the summer, reducing energy consumption.
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canada.com - Green roof boasts host of eco pros - Susan Lazaruk
The expansion project, west of the current convention centre, is being topped off with a 2.4-hectare green -- or "living" -- roof that covers the flat, sloping segmented roof, and will be the second-largest in North America, next to a Michigan Ford plant covered with grass patches.
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sj-r.com - Roof taking root on UIS building - By CHRIS DETTRO
When 132 freshmen move into their new residence hall at the University of Illinois at Springfield next week, they’ll find new beds, new desks, construction workers and a whole lot of vegetation just outside their windows.
Workers this week were installing an environmentally friendly, energy-saving “green” roof on all three levels of Founders Hall, the new $16.8 million on-campus living quarters for freshmen.
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todaysfacilitymanager.com - A Garden Grows Above - By Peter Belisle
Throughout the U.S., organizations are embracing and announcing environmental sustainability goals in the hopes of reducing costs, improving productivity, gaining a competitive advantage, and enhancing their images. Green roofs, already popular in parts of Europe, are catching on as an environmentally sustainable building practice in the U.S.
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feedroom.businessweek.com - Green Roofs
Research shows planting on rooftops makes for a cleaner environment. We find out how a green roof is installed and how much it costs, and we look at some of the benefits.
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chinadaily.com.cn - Shanghai closes in on green roof target - By Qu Xiaozhen
The Shanghai landscaping administration bureau said Monday that so far more than 95,000 sq m of rooftops have been covered in grass and shrubs, very close to the annual target of 100,000 sq m. The city will spend 5 million yuan ($710,000) this year on the campaign.
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Press Release - Baltimore Hilton Convention Center Hotel - Courtesy: Baltimore Hilton Convention Center Hotel
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