Green roofs for healthy cities.
Green roofs trend.
Today there are often financial incentives for going green.
Green roofs have experienced a revival in germany since the 1960s and have spread widely across europe and the united states.
Green roofs more than just a trend.
Sourced from kyw news radio 1060.
Green roof policies are a growing trend gemma alexander december 27 2019 in 2009 the canadian city of toronto ontario passed the first law in north america requiring green roofs on newly constructed buildings over a certain size.
The inclination towards construction of green roofs has been softly developing in the key cities about the earth from the time of the 1960 s.
In spite of green roofing being a rather common phenomena in europe it s just started gaining industry recognition in usa through the past years with individuals businesses and government agencies showing interest in its ecological benefits and potential of cost saving.
It s a far cry from when green roofs first appeared 50 years ago when it was often charities or housing cooperatives leading the charge in german cities such as düsseldorf and stuttgart today considered europe s green roof capital.
Common in scandinavia and not widely adopted by colonists here.
First and foremost green roofs help regulate temperatures indoors by insulating the most vulnerable part of any home the roof.
Green roofs where seasonally adaptable plants are grown on the roof of a building is a green building trend with a high return on investment roi.
Green roof construction the rising trend.
Driving a greener future.
In ben franklin s time a green roof would have been the sod roof that a random brandywine valley swedish settler might have installed.