A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing...

A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the...

the roof's surface, and provides evaporative cooling from water in the plants, which reduce the roof surface temperatures and heat influx. Green roofs also...

roof is a roof which is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs. The slope of a roof is properly known as its pitch and flat roofs...

residential green roof in New York. The green roof was added in 2010 as part of mayor Michael Bloomberg's NYC Green Infrastructure campaign. The planted roof also...

A roofer, roof mechanic, or roofing contractor is a tradesman who specializes in roof construction. Roofers replace, repair, and install the roofs of buildings...

reduced by tree cover and green space which act as sources of shade and promote evaporative cooling. Other options include green roofs, passive daytime radiative...

square feet (3,600 m2) roof gardens were completed atop the west wing serving as a pilot project to assess the impact green roofs would have on the heat...

referred to as rooftop farming. Rooftop farming is usually done using green roof, hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens...

because of EU's regulation, 17% of the new roof construction are green roofs. In Washington DC, green roofs are used as an alternative storm-water retention...

Some recreational blue roofs integrate rooftop waterplay areas that can also be used to irrigate a green roof, or to cool the roof of a building on hot...

naturally. Mosses are sometimes used in green roofs. Advantages of mosses over higher plants in green roofs include reduced weight loads, increased water...

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial...

(including roof garden) Single-pitched roof Shed roof (lean-to, pent roof, skirt roof, outshot, skillion, mono-roof): A roof with one slope, historically attached...

A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden...

performance of a green or vegetative roof, a dark EPDM roof and a white reflective TPO roof. The measured results showed that the TPO and vegetative roof systems...

living green roof was planted with 1.7 million California native plants. The museum's central piazza lies beneath a massive glass ceiling in the roof, which...

unpleasing odors of wastewater. Green roofs improve air and water quality while reducing energy cost. The implementation of green roofs in some regions have correlated...

the amount of energy needed to cool the building it is on. Green roofs or "living roofs" are a popular choice for thermally insulating a building. They...

A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses...

The Green Roof Innovation Testing Lab ("GRIT Lab") is a University of Toronto research facility at the John H. Daniels Faculty for Architecture, Landscape...

of greening is usually a combination of environmental benefits and improving the visual design of surfaces, for example, a green wall or green roof, as...

Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. Such roofs are built...

a roof Rooftopping, roof hacking for high risk photos The profession of a roofer Roof, for general description of roofs and roofing Blue roof Green roof...

revealed that the new roof was still leaking after the expansion. The roof of the new expansion was turned into a 6.75 acre sedum Green roof, making it the second...

the architects decided to develop a green roof. Measuring 7,000 m2, it is the biggest green roof in Paris. The roof is home to 40,000 plant species irrigated...

courtyards. Noted for its green roof which won it the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award, Ingels explained, "The parts of the green roof that remain were seen...

the Milwaukee Public Library to construct a green roof, replacing the roof built in 1986. The green roof uses a watertight membrane, protective layer...

upstream construction and sand applications to roadways. Green roofs A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered...

conserve water. One strategic water saving design green buildings incorporate are green roofs. Green roofs have rooftop vegetation which captures storm drainage...