The building code is a highly debated ... mostly held up in hurricane-force winds of up to 120 mph. They also found that built-in-place green roofs performed better than modular tray green roofs ...

The plants and soil also act as sponges and soak up rainwater rather than sending ... property Depending on the design, a green roof can help cool a building in summer and insulate it in winter.

Some of the barriers are real — there are not many organizations that install green roofs, Treglia says — but others are perceived. You might know that the fancy building up the block has a ...

That is, until Cassiano decided to team up with a civil engineer who was ... (Cassiano reiterates that safety comes first with any green roof he helps build. An engineer or architect is always ...

“Up here you’re starting an ecosystem that ... Bousselot said people who want to build green roofs have to consider providing adequate access for maintenance year-round. Looking out over ...

The two-year project will collect data from the "experimental site" on top of the OU's Stuart Hall building ... we could use," he said. Green roofs can suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere ...

Three stories up, on the roof of Doane Stuart School ... which helped the building become the first LEED-certified local restaurant. The green roof at Doane Stuart was built atop a 1995 addition ...

The open areas warm up in the sunlight, making them suitable for basking ... spiders, beetles and flies. The green roof on the Nomura building in London is a great example of how a city building can ...

The company began its research cooperation with the University’s green roof researchers at the planning stages for the new building in 2011. The construction is scheduled to be completed in autumn ...