Green Roofs

Developers of "Cool Roof" Buildings May Catch a Break

Industrial building developers, who had previously decried the price tag of green roofs now standard to many buildings in Toronto, may get the OK to construct an alternative, reflective roof instead.
9 November 2011 - 7:00am
National Post

The Roof as Living Room

Washington, D.C. residents are getting creative with their green roofs, writes Sarah Meehan, from keeping bees on them to hosting league bocce games. Even those without roof access might get lucky and have a view of one that's artfully designed.
19 October 2011 - 1:00pm
The Miami Herald

Recession-Defying Green Roofs

Despite the continued struggles of the U.S. economy, green roofs have proliferated with the market increasing 30% from the previous year.
27 April 2011 - 6:00am
ASLA's The Dirt blog

Landscape and Architecture Converging

The Architect's Newspaper explores the "fertile new approaches to building" springing from the growing use of landscaping in contemporary architecture.
7 February 2011 - 6:00am
The Architect's Newspaper

The Best Greens for Your Green Roof

The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State has indentified five particular species of plant that work well in semi-arid climates for green roofs.
21 January 2011 - 6:00am
Energy Daily

Green Efforts Have Room to Grow in Chicago

Chicago is trying to position itself as one of the greenest cities in America, but longheld plans to upgrade the city's overburdened stormwater system highlight how far it has to go.
12 November 2010 - 1:00pm
Green Source

Toronto Institutes Green Roofs With City Hall Example

Last year Toronto became the first North American city to mandate green roofs on all new residential, commercial and institutional buildings larger than 21,500 square feet. Now it has created a 118,000 square foot example on top of the City Hall.
2 October 2010 - 11:00am
Metropolis Magazine

Daley's Success As Chicago's 20-Year Mayor

Neal Pierce argues that retiring Mayor Daley's achievements in Chicago "stand out as beacons for mayors, American and worldwide, to emulate." He attributes some of his success to sheer political skill, but also examines seven effective policy shifts.
24 September 2010 - 11:00am
Citiwire

Small Farms Growing On Top of New York Schools

Green roofs are growing on the tops of schools in New York City, where small farms are being integrated into the curriculum.
20 May 2010 - 1:00pm
The Architect's Newspaper

Chicago, Capital of Green Roofs?

Chicago City Hall boasts one of the world's most famous green roofs. As a result, the city has a reputation for being the capital of green roofs. But as architecture critic Blair Kamin notes from a bird's eye view, that's not exactly the case.
23 April 2010 - 8:00am
Chicago Tribune

Bringing the Forest Back to the City

This piece from Urban Omnibus looks at ideas to counteract global warming by adding more trees to urban areas.
18 January 2010 - 8:00am
Urban Omnibus

Portland Wants to Make Eco-Roofs and Solar Easier

Portland, Oregon planners are updating the city's zoning to make home improvements for solar panels and eco-roofing easier to do, but some developers think it will actually make things more difficult.
2 January 2010 - 5:00am
Daily Journal of Commerce

Malcolm Wells, R.I.P.

Malcolm Wells was a pioneer of sustainable design, with an emphasis on green roofs and underground buildings. He died recently at the age of 83.
24 December 2009 - 5:00am
Design Boom

Green Roofs Also Capture Carbon

A new report shows that green roofs not only help by cooling the sun's rays, they also are effective for carbon sequestration.
11 December 2009 - 1:00pm
Miller-McCune

Roofers vs. Landscapers

In a battle over contracts to build green roofs for Chicago's public buildings, landscapers have come out on top.
2 December 2009 - 10:00am
The Chicago Tribune

The Planetizen News Brief - 10/1/09


4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

The end of The World, New Jersey planning under fire, and the benefits of green roofs -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

1 October 2009 - 5:00am

Green Roof Benefits Quantified

A new study has shown that the environmental benefits of green roofs are even greater than previously thought.
25 September 2009 - 10:00am
Gizmag

Brooklyn's Warehouse Roof Garden

This video from Reuters looks at a new rooftop garden in Brooklyn. Covering 6,000 square feet, the flourishing garden provides fresh produce to local restaurants.
21 August 2009 - 7:00am
Reuters (on-line)

A Six-Acre Green Roof in Vancouver

The new west wing of the Vancouver Convention Center(VCC) provides 338,000 square feet of new function spaces as well as an angular six acre green roof, which is the largest non-commercial roof in North America.
23 June 2009 - 1:00pm
The Architect's Newspaper

Treetops in the Rooftops

A NY-based landscape architect, Thomas Balsley, FASLA, has created a new type of green roof using Austrian pines.
19 June 2009 - 10:00am
THE DIRT
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