Comments on: Green Roof Craze Strikes America

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:49:20 +0000

This reminds me of the green roofs of the Bad blumau hotel in Austria.
http://bit.ly/o0Vsn

By: WillG

WillG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:49:15 +0000

Great article! I live in DC and found out that DC is only behind Chicago for green roofs in the U.S.. Just recently, Toronto passed a law that requires new construction (not residential) have green roofs. I read an article about it at http://cleanerairforcities.blogspot.com/2009/06/toronto-mandates-green-roofs.html.

While I hope to see more green roofs in the US, I hope it doesn’t happen by force of law.

By: Skinny Ties

Skinny Ties — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:41:49 +0000

Blogs like this are why I use the internet.

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:53:13 +0000

Right down the road from my house in Pennsylvania, is a building with a green roof. First time I saw it, I was confused. But eventually I started to realize the benefits that came with it, especially the rain runoff. It rains quite a bit here in the summer months, and sometimes we have more ice in the winter then snow causing more runoff. It definitely adds to the beauty of the building, and it’s carbon footprint. I am glad that more places in the United States are finally starting to realize that we need to utilize the resources we have rather then creating more technical ones, that are usually not so environment friendly.

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By: Luann Dawkins

Luann Dawkins — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:52:39 +0000

Hi Dave,

I would love to have a green roof. My husband and I are planning a retirement home on the river, and we are planning to build a ‘green hoouse’ so I will have one then! Your school was ahead of it’s time huh?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:49:48 +0000

I guess our old school was ahead of it’s time – it had a ‘green roof’ waaaay before people worried too much about ozones, sea-levels and whatnot…although I think the mass of moss up on those old portacabins was more due to an apathetic janitor than any concious effort to help the environment!

Our biggest local store is going to be doing the same thing. It’ll sure look interesting on google-earth! ;0)

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