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Welcome, butterflies
So far, we’ve seen that even in big cities like London you can grow almost every plant on a rooftop: flowers, grass for insulation, food. There are many initiatives taking place on the top of buildings...
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Green Roof Survey: Yay or Nay?
We conducted a survey to find out how much people actually know about green roofs, and got some pretty interesting results. Check out the infographic below for the details: By Katherine
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Installing Solar Panels
One thing that’s very difficult to do with your standard family home with a raked roof is to retrofit a green roof. One thing that you can do, though, is install solar panels on your roof to produce...
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England vs. Germany: from Above
Working on green roofs, you hear an awful lot about Germany. Germany are perpetually referred to as pioneers in them. They’re not something that are special are unique, but something you take for...
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Roof top gardens as a food source
Twitter conversation about rooftop gardens Green roof tops and rooftop gardens can be important as regards producing food both for animals and humans. Projects ongoing in some cities in America are...
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Q&A with John Sherborne on Solar Panels
Q&A with John Sherborne – Solar Panels. The Green Rooftop recently posted about installing solar panels with about John Sherborne. John worked for BP solar for a number of years before going on...
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Does it matter what Buildings look like from Above?
One of the things the green rooftops can do is disguise the presence of the building from the air, make it seem as though there is less than man-made structure. Is that something that in itself has...
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7 ways to make your Roof Green without planting it
1) Install solar panels on your roof to offset household electricity bills. 2) Heat your water on your roof. Saves you from using gas or electricity for a hot shower. 3) Adding insulation under your...
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Grow your own Roof? Grow your own Building!
Hundertwasser was a pioneer of the fully planted roof. His hugely eccentric and colourful works of Architecture, derived from organic forms And almost entirely without straight lines have had a...
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All about Sedum
One green roof topic you can’t avoid is Sedum. It’s the magical green rooftop plant. It needs lots of exposure, little water, dry soil, and it doesn’t grow tall. That said, it comes in an astounding...
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