The GREEN ROOF BLOCKS can be used as ballast in the same manner as paver blocks. Or, the GREEN ROOF BLOCKS can be placed over an existing roof provided the weight of the combined systems does not ...

Cassiano is the founder of Teto Verde Favela, a nonprofit that teaches favela residents how to build their own green roofs as a way to beat the heat without overloading electrical grids or spending ...

was revamped to include a modern plaza garden created with ZinCo’s extensive sloped-roof system. The street-level green roof is part of a skylight over the bank’s below-grade museum. Image: ZinCo ...

Making a green roof is actually not as difficult as it might sound. A lot of DIY-ers have successfully done this project and make their house greener and naturally friendlier. During the entire ...

Over the next 10 years, his nonprofit was born and green roofs started popping up around the Parque Arará community, on everything from homes and day care centers, to bus stops and food trucks.

The ground slopes up to form a green roof, which also bridges the pavilions over a large central space ... area that heads out to the rectangular pool and a small awning off each bedroom that ...