White roofs can significantly cool down buildings, make cities more pleasant and reduce the impact of global warming by saving on energy costs, according to a new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
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Images fromReardonSmithArchitects viaInhabitatGreen roofs are such lovely things. Not only are they pretty and good for the environment, but they let architects do things that they would never have been able to do before, like build in parks and protected lands such as green belts.Patrick Reardonof ReardonSmith Architects describes a proposed 200 room underground hotel at a golf course in Surrey:
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click on image to enlargeAs part of theCities Alive Green Roof Infrastructure Conferencein Toronto, there was astudent design competition, that Steven Peck ofGreen Roofs for Healthy Citiesdescribed as a challenge to “faculty-led student teams from around the world to develop ways of productively using the walls and roofs of multiple buildings by incorporatin…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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