More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: Rooftop Solar Meets Agrivoltaics
A futuristic new building in Denver, Colorado, will host a rooftop solar array that supports urban agriculture in the emerging field of rooftop agrivoltaics.
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World’s Largest Green Roof Will Cover Recycled Shopping Mall
Originally published on Green Building Elements. Sitting between Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters and the spaceship-like Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California is the failed Vallco Shopping Mall. Now architect Rafael Viñoly has unveiled a proposed $3 billion plan for Sand Hill Property Company that starts with renaming the property TheHills at … [continued]
Solar Panels Or Greenery For Every New Building Rooftop In France
A new law was approved in France recently that requires the rooftops of every new building in a commercial zone to be partially covered with either solar panels or plants. Environmental activists in France wanted all new buildings to be completely covered by plants or solar panels, but the French government only … [continued]
Green Roofs = Cost-Effective Means Of Preventing Sewer System Overflows
Green roofs are a cost-effective means of preventing sewage system overflows, according to new research from Columbia University. The ability to stop overflows of course stems from the fact that green roofs retain water and thus prevent said water from simply flowing into the sewers. As an example, the green … [continued]
The Soradofarm Project — Tend Your Own Garden At The Station While Waiting On The…
If you tend to become bored out of your mind and feel like you’re wasting your time when standing around waiting at your train station/bus stop, well, it looks like there may finally be a good solution to that quandary — a means of doing something perhaps a bit more … [continued]
Dallas Goes All-In On Green Building With Mandatory Regulations
On October 1, Dallas, Texas implemented the first mandatory minimum green building regulations outside of California in an aggressive effort to cut citywide power and water consumption en route to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.
Have You Visited Ford’s Gigantic Living Roof…Lately?
We’ve been so busy checking out Ford’s rapidly growing fleet of electric vehicles that we let this one slip under our radar, but it just so happens that the largest green roof, or “living roof” as Ford calls it, in North America has been flourishing atop the company’s Dearborn Truck … [continued]
Sewage Treatment Plant for Blue Danube Gets New Green Roof
As part of efforts to clean up the Danube River, the famous waterway is getting a new sewage treatment plant — and in one of those sustainability twofers we love so much, the gigantic structure will be capped with a 10,000-square meter green roof. The idea is that sewage treatment … [continued]
We Are All Hobbits Now: U.S Navy Greens Up with Turf Covered Roof
The Army has a green roof and the Air Force has a green roof, so it was only a matter of time before the Navy got its green roof, too. Construction on a new energy efficient green roof at Naval Station Norfolk just got under way earlier this month. In … [continued]
LEED Certified Fire Stations — Orlando Goes Green
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit Orlando to see first-hand some of the sustainability initiatives the city has underway through the Green Works Orlando program. Green Works Orlando is a citywide plan to promote environmental conservation and stewardship, energy efficiency in homes and businesses, and outdoor green … [continued]
