Whilst a good green roof designed for biodiversity will be attractive to many pollinators, providing nesting habitat is also an important consideration. Green roofs not only provide adequate forage for pollinators, but can also provide nesting for some species in the substrate. London has probably one of the largest bee hotels on a green roof in the world.
Rooftop farming has featured widely this last month when it comes to news. From Brussels to San Francisco via Paris a number of projects highlight the growing interest in urban farming on roofs. Staff are using green roofs to grow food all over the world. In London we are aware of several such roofs on corporate headquarters in the City.
8th September 2016 San Francisco has dominated the green roof news this week. However, below the radar of most English-speaking media is another news item from back in July. The first city in Argentina to require green roofs, Cordoba, launched its bylaw. Cordoba’s new green roof bylaw Argentina’s second city, Cordoba, announced a landmark ruling…
A green living room bringing nature into the city and providing resilience. Green walls providing Resilience in Cities – The Green Living room The TURAS Green Living Room, like all green walls, provides many benefits for both local communities and the local environment: Increases wildlife: providing wildflowers and supporting birds and insects such as…
Emporium shopping Centre – Malmö The green roof above the Emporium shopping Centre is probably one of the largest green roofs in Scandinavia. Situated in Hyllie on the outskirts of Malmö, the roof is accessible to the public. The green roof combines both semi-intensive and extensive green roofs, furthermore with the cranes in the background…
Video: Looking at natural wind blown habitats can provide a guide to the right kind of plants to add to a green roof planting list.
London’s green roofs are buzzing again. Back in 2010 the Buglife Green roof project funded the installation of a number of green roofs across the capital. Over the last few weeks Livingroofs.org has been back to visit a few of the roofs designed for biodiversity by the Green Infrastructure Consultancy.
Orchids on green roofs are in the spotlight in the UK with the discovery of a single short Green-winged Orchid on a roof in Islington. Orchids on green roofs in the UK may be uncommon, however, there are some famous Orchid roofs in Switzerland.
With a new London Mayor, we have updated our logo to reflect the need to make greener cities through the combined use of green roofs and renewable energy.
The French senate has kicked the potential French solar green roof law out of the new Biodiversity Act. Mistakenly reported on March 20th 2015, the news made waves across twittersphere for nearly 12 months.