Many cities have created goals to reduce their carbon footprint over the next couple of years. One way they have found to do this is through the roofs of buildings, i.e. "green" and "cool" roofs. You ...

You only have to watch a TV show in which the camera flies over any major city to realize the numbers of ugly, stark, gray, flat roofs that occupy millions of square feet but contribute nothing to the ...

Anyone building a new home or business–or renovating an older structure–could slash their heating and cooling bills by 25 percent, double the life of their roof, reduce stormwater runoff, help clean ...

Looking strictly at the economic costs and benefits of three different roof types -- black, white and "green" (or vegetated) -- researchers have found in a new study that white roofs are the most cost ...

There’s a saying in Dutch, “Je kan het dak op,” which, translated literally, means “you can go up on the roof.” But what it really means is “get lost.” The origins of the saying are difficult to trace ...

American cities have a surprising amount of wasted open space. Even in densely packed urban areas like New York City, the prime real estate atop roofs is given much less consideration than one would ...

John Rayner receives funding from the Australian and Victorian Governments, the City of Melbourne and Melbourne Water and is affiliated with Green Roofs Australasia. He helped to write the 'Growing ...

Study finds the environmental benefits of white and green roofs vary by region By reflecting sunlight away from a building%2C white roofs lower air conditioning use Other research finds white roofs ...

On a recent summer morning, Nancy Striniste was perched on the gently sloping roof of her front porch, pulling a few weeds. Unlike the other houses in Ms. Striniste’s Arlington neighborhood, hers has ...

Green rooftops will soon be sprouting up across France, thanks to a new law passed in March. Rooftop vegetation will provide habitat for birds, absorb pollutants, and retain rainwater. New buildings ...