Have you ever considered making a green rooftop? photo by Tom Fisk Plants add aesthetic value to spaces, creating a more ...

On hot days in summer, a green roof can reduce the amount of heat from the Sun that reaches the building below. In winter, it acts as an insulating layer on top of the building that stops heat from ...

In 2023, Bryant turned the rooftop of her Cambridgeport garage into a 1,200-square-foot green roof ... “From a personal satisfaction point of view, it just makes me happy to look at it and ...

When the renovated Nature Center, 4105 Asbury Road, Millcreek Township, opened its doors in 2025, about 2,000 square feet of what was called a "green roof" was on top of the newly built expansion ...

A bird’s eye view of London is increasingly appealing, with more and more rooftops turning green or white across the capital. Green roofs involve planting vegetation up top, while the latter is ...

As solar panels heat up beyond 25°C, their efficiency decreases markedly. Green roofs moderate rooftop temperatures. So we wanted to find out: could green roofs help with the problem of heat ...

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.

And rooftop farms make sense in Chicago, a city known for green development, Bryson said. “Chicago has really embraced the ethos and practice of urban farming,” he said, “taking vacant land ...

Rooftop gardens and green roofs — which can be shallow gardens used primarily for environmental purposes or deeper, larger gardens which can also be used as recreational spaces, have long been ...