| NEWS | DESIGN | BUILDING | DESIGN TOOLS | ENVIRONMENT | CULTURE |
| ENVIRONMENT | ||
|
|
Greener Green Roofs | |
|
|
|
|
|
ENVIRONMENT THIS WEEK |
|
|
The sedum roofs of today symbolize performance-oriented green roof design. Like fine-tuned engines, they run on leaner artificial substrates with almost no organic matter; volcanic rock or expanded shale, baked at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (1093 degrees Celsius), make the substrates lighter and soil depths as thin as possible. They seem to be race cars in the fleet of green roofs — maximum performance paired with minimum weight. The simple soil mixtures and roof sections of the early days of green roofs developed into multilayered complex systems supporting the homogenous surface of succulents. The unkempt and rough gave way to the groomed and cultivated, reminiscent of the unrelenting beauty of agricultural fields.
|
|
More Environment Green Good Design — Architecten Web, 2007.1120Crude Oil Rallies Past $96 a Barrel — RTT News, 2007.1120 Merchandise Mart LEED Certification a Bellwether for Greening — Commercianl Property News, 2007.1119 Clinton Library Gets 'Green' Roof — Associated Press, 2007.1119 Can a Big Box Like Canadian Tire Really Be Green? — The Vancouver Sun, 2007.1119 IPCC Talks Tough — Nature, 2007.1119 Call to Action — Houston Chronicle, 2007.1119 84 Ways You Can Help the Planet — Boston Globe, 2007.1118 Emissions Growth Must End in 7 Years, U.N. Warns — Washington Post, 2007.1118 Eco Homes: For Green Gains, Stick in the Mud — Telegraph, 2007.1117 Crowd Farm II: Piezoelectricity Potential — Triple Pundit, 2007.1116 Dubiotech: New Largest Green Building in Dubai — Inhabitat, 2007.1115 The State of Mayne's New Federal Office Building — Wall Street Journal, 2007.1115 Incubating the Future — Metropolis, 2007.1114 Incubating the Future — Metropolis, 2007.1114 Luxury and Conservation in Africa's Cradle of Humanity — ABC News, 2007.1114 Clinton Library Earns LEED Platinum — CSR Newswire, 2007.1114 Schooling Sustainably — Canadian Architect, 2007.1114 Chicago's Supersize Green Buildings — Cnet, 2007.1113 Report: Carbon Removal Has Little Impact — New York Times, 2007.1113 Nanosolar — Planet Save, 2007.1113 High Price Means a Hard Sell for Hybrid Trucks — ZD Net, 2007.1112 CBD to Be Greener and Taller — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.1112 Portland's Green Leaders Get Rock Star Treatment at Chicago Conference — The Oregonian, 2007.1112 Eco-Friendly Builders Seek 'Green' Standard — SUN-SENTINEL, 2007.1111 Using Concrete in Buildings Today to Conserve the Future — Greener Buildings, 2007.1111 UN Chief Says Global Warming Is 'an Emergency' — ABC News, 2007.1111 Builders Return to Class for Lessons in ‘Green’ — New York Times, 2007.1111 Should Citizens’ Juries Judge Eco-Town Designs? — BD, 2007.1109
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Library : more Green Design and Building Environment Department Archive Special thanks to our Sustaining Subscribers BuilderSpace.com, and offering Custom Doors, Von Duprin hardware, shutters, and kitchen faucets. |
|
Send this to a friend Subscribe Contribute Media Kit Privacy Comments
