Via Switchboard, an interesting article on Toronto’s leadership for green roofs: In January of 2010, Toronto became the first city in North America to require the installation of green roofs on new commercial, institutional, and multifamily residential developments across the city. Next week, the requirement will expand to apply to new industrial development as well. […]
Read more »Via Cleantechnica, news of a planned rooftop solar map of the U.S.: Distributed solar power goes wild! Geostellar has teamed its rooftop solar power analytic toolkit with the satellite imaging company GeoEye to help realize its grand plan to assess the solar energy generating potential of every rooftop in the U.S. With this tool in […]
Read more »Via Columbia’s State of the Planet blog, a report on green roofs: Green roofs – rooftops covered with a layer of vegetation–are getting a lot of credit for providing environmental benefits. They have been found to reduce storm water runoff from buildings, conserve energy by moderating rooftop temperatures, restore fragile ecosystems and beautify urban spaces. […]
Read more »Via EarthTechling, an article on a green roof initiative that also functions as an athletic field: The term ‘green roof‘ takes on a whole new meaning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. The university is currently working on construction of a rooftop field atop a parking structure. Luckily for players who use the field, the structure will […]
Read more »Via The Independent, an interesting article on the potential impact of white roofs: Painting roofs white and using light-coloured materials to surface roads and pavements would not only make cities cooler in summer, it would save the same amount of carbon as taking all the cars in the world off the roads for 50 years, […]
Read more »Via The New York Times, a report on a new large-scale rooftop farm set for Brooklyn: An old Navy warehouse in Sunset Park will be home to a hydroponic greenhouse of up to 100,000 square feet. The developer says it will be the largest such greenhouse in the country. Brooklyn is fast becoming the borough […]
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