More on Green Roofs

Category: Architecture , Environment , Urban Planning

The City: Continuing the discussion on Green Roofs, here is an interesting article from Metropolis mentioning two more interesting benefits that go beyond the building itself: Reduced ambient summer temperature, thus less need for air-conditioning, and in turn less energy usage for the whole city; significant runnoff reduction lessening the burden on the city's storm sewer system.

More links from the article: [Earth Pledge][Greenroofs.com][Greenroofs.ca]

Posted by Nick at December 16, 2002 02:18 PM | TrackBack