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in the news   How clean is the air you breathe?  If you live or work in a city then chances are the answer will be a bit of a shock.  Despite great advances in remediation and reduction in [...]

We just completed a brand new green roof for a LEED certified building.  A safe estimate is that we will save the client $40,000 a year in energy costs. Our goal was to not only save the client [...]

Plants can help us eliminate our use of fossil fuels in ways beyond providing us with local food. By incorporating vegetation into our landscape through the use of green roofs, we can greatly [...]

When picking out a landscape company make sure you go with a firm that is an Accredited Green Roof Certified Professional Company.

Here’s an eco-friendly project that can be built with readily available materials. As a bonus, it reduces home energy costs and stormwater runoff. By Tom Oder ROOFTOP GARDENING: A green [...]

Convention center earns highest ‘green’ cred: platinum LEED rating May 11, 2012 9:38 am Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette The South Terrace green roof on the David L. Lawrence Convention [...]

If there are any doubters out there, that green roofs operate in a low maintenance way and will save you a tremendous amonth of money in any area.  The Vancouver Public Library’s green [...]

Greening the District with Green Roofs By Laura S. Washington The District of Columbia is a national leader in the total amount of Green Roofs constructed – second only to Chicago, IL in the [...]

Green trends to hit the roof in future March 6 2012 at 01:15pm By Jeanne Viall INDPENENDENT NEWSPAPERS Picture: Neil Baynes Roof-top gardens, like this one in Scarborough, created by Tom Gray, [...]