Salzburg has a new approach to planning for water – developments will need to ensure Zero discharge into the local stormwater system. Green roofs are a major design consideration to achieve this.
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Graz joins other Austrian cities in promoting green infrastructure
Graz is the latest city in Europe to provide funding for residents and owners to implement green infrastructure on their walls and roofs as well supporting the uptake of communal gardens in residential areas.
Czech buildings to be given financial support to implement green roofs
the Czech Government has announced a grant programme for extensive semi-intensive and intensive green roofs from January 2017
Bringing butterflies on green roofs right to the heart of Scotland
Scotland is hoping green roofs will help rare butterflies, in a project around Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Read on…
A Mediterranean Hillside in Islington London – update
When it comes to extensive green roofs, for gardeners it does have to be all native. As David Matzdorf’s fabulous green roof in Islington shows – a green roof can be a scene of garden bliss if you are an gardener ‘on the edge’.
The fate of rare plants is in the sky – an Australian Oasis
Rare plants are finding space on a green roof in Melbourne, Australia. According to the New Scientist: ‘it’s a case of lofty living meeting Noah’s Ark’. Rare plants are found on green roofs in Europe, especially Orchids. Here on this roof in Switzerland, the rare plants found their own way to the roof. However, a roof…
Vote on your favourite green roof photos – from around Europe
The Green Roof Beauty Contest is now open for voting. With over a hundred photos of green roofs from around Europe, there is a wide choice. From Ireland to Hungary via the UK and Germany, extensive wildflower roofs, urban food roofs and roof top parks are among the roofs represented.
Hamburg to bury the A7 motorway – as Linz did over seven years ago
Hamburg is the latest city in Europe to reconnect neighbourhoods with a green roof over its motorway. By covering the transport links with green roofs, not only does the traffic disappear but people can take precedence again.
How big is the UK green roof market? We are finding out
How big is the UK green roof market? To find out, Livingroofs.org has just launched the national UK Green Roof Market Survey 2016. In association with GRO the Green Roof Organisation and Chaucer Landscape Management, Livingroofs.org is assessing the size and value of the UK green roof market, including barriers and drivers to uptake.
Bogotá could be one of the green wall capitals of the world
Bogotá is full of green walls. Livingroofs.org‘s Dusty Gedge has just returned from the Colombian capital. The city has definitely embraced green walls big time. When he left, the big news in the UK was that London Heathrow had just installed its first interior green wall. Well, El Dorado Airport, Bogotá, has about 14 interior green walls installed…
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Green roof award winner 2018 – packing a sustainability punch
The 2018 green roof award certainly packs a punch when it comes to sustainability. It is not the highest green roof. It is not the largest. Yet the roof demonstrates the perfect harmony that can achieved on green roofs when combing solar with the delivery of biodiversity. Definitely an excellent example of where green roof…
The birds and bees are buzzing on a factory green roof in Scotland
The birds and bees are booming on a factory green roof in Scotland. More to the point, the success of the project could lead to more green roofs on the complex in Grangemouth. Considering that green roofs are rare on factories in the UK, this is even more of a bonus. A wildlife oasis…
Tirana too is walking the green roof talk – Europe’s green cities
Tirana in Albania is yet another city in Europe that is walking the green roof talk. The city has many issues, not least when it comes to air pollution. In fact, it is sadly known as Europe’s pollution capital. Though it is a relatively small city surrounded by mountains, the city is also one of…
Green Summit Manchester – a #greenroofpoll review
The Manchester green summit was the focus of our last #greenroofpoll. Ahead of the summit, city centre-based practice AFL Architects pioneered a campaign to encourage the implementation of biodiverse roofs on all large-scale Greater Manchester buildings. In partnership with AFL, Livingroofs.org undertook a short green roof poll. Of course from our perspective, the purpose of…