On top of every flat roof in Basel – new and old – you’ll soon find a thriving wildflower garden. For the past decade or so, the inner city has made it a requirement that all houses, offices and other ...

Green roofed structures date back thousands of years, even before the concept of housing as it is known today was birthed. The earliest green roofs came in the form of sod roofs above caves. Plants ...

Many products that aim to make the construction of green roofs simpler and more efficient are now available, including pre-seeded blankets, planted modules and drainage layers A standard construction ...

Green roofs can diffuse heat that would otherwise be absorbed through your roof in warmer months and act as an added layer of insulation when it’s chilly outside. Often considered to be one of the ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a multi-published NYC-based writer whose work has appeared in myriad publications ranging from Forbes to Real Simple to Cosmopolitan. She’s written hundreds of articles as ...

[Sustainable products] Easy to install and delivering real benefits, green roofs are more popular than ever, says Sandy Patience Cynics point to the proliferation of green roofs and claim that, like ...