|
Home:
Business: Construction and Maintenance: Building Types: Sustainable Architecture: Green Roofs (28) |
Subdirectories of Green Roofs:
Categories related to Business: Construction and Maintenance: Building Types: Sustainable Architecture: Green Roofs: Home: Gardening: Gardens: Rooftop (11) Science: Environment: Water Resources: Stormwater (34) Websites on Green Roofs: Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State University To demonstrate and promote green roof research, education, and technology in the Northeastern United States. Includes news, research, faculty profiles, and links. City of Chicago: City Hall Rooftop Garden Includes design considerations, construction timeline, plants and landscaping [PDF], and monitoring methods and results. D.C. Greenworks Nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. providing job training and design, consulting, and installation services relating to rainwater management. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Dedicated to creating a green roof marketplace in North America. Includes news, upcoming events, FAQ, projects, public policies, and research. Greenroofs.com Information about green roof architecture including history, advantages and issues, plant lists, markets in North America and Europe, case studies, events, and links. LIDC: Green Roofs Includes design plans, specifications, costs, and maintenance. Livingroofs.org Non-profit UK organisation promoting green roofs. Includes roof types, benefits, issues, research, list of applications in the UK, case studies, and suppliers. Northwest EcoBuilding Guild: Green Roof Project Developing the technology for wide-scale residential application in the Pacific Northwest. Includes photo gallery, plant list, soils, monitoring options, and links. Portland Environmental Services: Ecoroof Program Includes program information and links to PDF documents. National Geographic News: Plant-Covered Roofs Ease Urban Heat The promotion of green roofs by city governments in Canada, Japan, and the United States. (November 15, 2002) EDC Magazine: Green Roofs: Stormwater Management From the Top Down Article by Katrin Scholz-Barth of HOK discussing green roofs in an urban setting. (January 15, 2001) Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce : Green Building Starts at the Top Article by Elizabeth Daniel about the architecture and its application in Seattle. (September 15, 2000) Green Roofs Cool City Rooftop Gardens in Chicago to Fight Smog, Heat Why city officials are encouraging green roofs. (April 5, 1999)
|
|