The Kennedy Union Green Roof provides stormwater runoff management by absorbing large amounts of rainfall and filtering pollutants from water as it drains through the vegetation. It helps regulate ...

Green roofs can diffuse heat that would otherwise be absorbed through your roof in warmer months and act as an added layer of insulation when it’s chilly outside. Often considered to be one of ...

a pergola and patio areas suitable for receptions. Science teacher Shelly Forster has had a class of high school students researching data on green roofs. One assignment required them to write a ...

Carole Hunter and Bil Taylor's roof is green, but not because they have an odd sense of style. Their roof is home to an environment-friendly, thriving desert garden. "It's unique, and people are ...

Asbury Woods' Nature Center, for the past two decades, has utilized a green roof, also known as a vegetative roof, made of living plants. Green roofs offer environmental benefits such as reducing ...

This week, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to require that certain new buildings be built with a green roof—an eco-friendly design technique that sows plants above a roofline.

But this fall, the green roof program has returned on a larger scale than before and is now the single greatest bus shelter installation of green roofs in the US. Neighborhoods along the #28 route ...

In 2023, Bryant turned the rooftop of her Cambridgeport garage into a 1,200-square-foot green roof, complete with perennials, vegetable plants, and an apple tree. “Years went by, and we kept ...