Green Roofs

by Sarah Holland

When thinking of green roof technology and its advantages, one thinks of reducing storm water runoff, mitigating the heat island effect in the inner city, seeing a small green-growing paradise in the middle of an urban jungle, doing one’s part contributing oxygen and eating up CO2 at the top of a high-rise. Living and landscaping in a mostly rural area, urban being described in terms of villages and small towns, I did not expect to have the opportunity to plan and install a green roof. [click to continue…]

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