Installing a traditional green roof, however, can cost almost twice as much as a standard roof. Instead, consider modular options for a green roof, which makes the upgrade more affordable as well ...

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

Modular vegetated roof system features built-in water retention—separate layers are not necessary. Made from 100% recycled plastic, GreenGrid is easy to install and maintain—modules lift up for access ...

Green roofs, for example, have been encouraged and ... The water tightness of each modular unit can be checked at the factory before transporting them to the jobsite for assembly.

Green roofs that are planted off-site and transported to buildings in sections could be the answer to making big cities greener. Researchers in Hong Kong have concluded that modular green roofs would ...

We especially dig ECObitat’s modular living wall and green roof system that gives the prefab a lush, organic exterior. ECObitat is constructed using standard OSB sheets, and everything is ...

When the Washington State School for the Blind, Vancouver, Wash., built its Ogden Resource Center in June 2003, the school took a chance on a modular green roof system that had never been installed on ...

This green roof is a striking contrast to the surrounding skyscrapers of Chicago’s skyline. Honored in the Intensive Residential category, this rooftop garden used a modular green roof system to ...

Architect Rodrigo Ohtake designed a set of modules that tuck into a hillside with a green roof and curvy blue screens.