The vegetation of the Green Roof helps to mitigate storm water problems in a number ... Both these effects help to reduce the total volume of rain water which enters the storm sewer system. The second ...

Take a tour of the green roof atop WWF-US's headquarters in Washington, DC. Since 2010 this state-of-the-art, eco-friendly roof has been home to tens of thousands of plants, providing habitat for ...

providing robustness for different photovoltaic green roof systems,” the academics added. “The longwave radiation model includes a developed parametric model for the green roof surface ...

Depending on the climate of the area, the roof or balcony may have systems for either keeping rain water on the roof or draining it away. A green roof can house a high level of biodiversity - even if ...

Stainless steel ropes and Webnet from Jakob Rope Systems were used in the Oerlikon Green Shade Roof Project, located in Zurich, Switzerland. This project, developed by A & A Liegenschaften AG and ...

The Denver Green Buildings Ordinance is a building code that requires buildings larger than 25,000 square feet to dedicate a section of their roofs to solar or rooftop gardens, with portions ranging ...