If you want to boost your home's eco credentials and increase the biodiversity of your garden, then a green roof could be a good choice. Whether you are planning on a replacing your roof, or looking ...

The rubber roof is visible as is the copper trim piece that adds a decorative edge to the green roof installation. (Kristen Oberholtzer) Mike Stoner, a partner at Longview Structures uses a saw to ...

A large percentage of urban land is covered by impervious surfaces such as roads, parking lots, and rooftops. These surfaces prevent rainwater from infiltrating into the ground, causing it to ...

You may be wondering: are green roofs worth it? Build your own residential green roof system today to turn your roof into a canopy of lovely plants that will keep your house comfortable year-round I ...

As the popularity of vegetated roofs grows in the U.S., Building Teams are finding new methods for greening rooftops. A recent trend is to adapt green roof technology for low- and steep-slope ...

When technology companies such as Amazon and Apple roll out plans for a new campus, architects, engineers and landscape designers must come up with cutting-edge solutions. That's because tech firms ...

It looks like an open-air rooftop greenhouse. Or perhaps a manicured mini park in the sky. Green roofs – these secret islands of bucolic beauty that are rarely seen and never heard on the ground – are ...

It’s migratory bird season, and ecologists are cataloging the large number of birds that stop and refuel in New York during journeys that can reach up to 1,000 miles. On a recent Thursday afternoon at ...