Microplastics are everywhere and unavoidable. They’re in the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe. But if ...

Green roofs, that is. Though the concept may sound cutting-edge, the idea of incorporating more natural elements into architecture has actually been around for decades. However, with the search ...

Cassiano is the founder of Teto Verde Favela, a nonprofit that teaches favela residents how to build their own green roofs as a way to beat the heat without overloading electrical grids or ...

The Forge technology center in Bloomington, IN, is home to the city’s first LiveRoof® & RoofBlue® Retain system.

Green roofs serve as effective pollution barriers, capturing billions of microplastics annually and enhancing urban air ...

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.

This green roof is a symbol of ESF culture, demonstrating how the College implements what it teaches in its programs. Green roofs provide many benefits including storm water runoff control, mitigation ...

Manhattan’s skyline, a jagged expanse of steel and glass, is sprouting something new, green rooftops. These patches of vegetation atop buildings aren’t just aesthetic flourishes, they’re ...