In 2023, Bryant turned the rooftop of her Cambridgeport garage into a 1,200-square-foot green roof, complete with perennials, vegetable plants, and an apple tree.

Parking Garage in Spain Gets a Green Roof Makeover Architecture. Design Architecture. 07/12/2010. under Architecture, Design, Gardening; by Bridgette Meinhold. by Bridgette Meinhold ...

The boldest feature of a completely “green” building is a “green” roof. Milwaukee city officials are encouraging building owners to add green roofs, because the grass and plants absorb ...

Green roofs and walls. One option for eco-friendly garages is to incorporate green roofs and walls. These roofs and walls are covered in vegetation, which helps reduce stormwater runoff, ...

But its garage next door has been completed and boasts the largest green roof in the city of Seattle. It is awaiting a separate LEED gold designation. At 60,000 square feet or about 1.4 acres, the ...

"Cool" roofs are even cheaper than green roofs, only costing $0.75 to $1.50 per square foot and a single-ply cool roof membrane usually ranges from $1.50 to $3 per square foot, according to EPA.Gov.

Umbra on green roofs Dear Umbra, Our garage is in need of a new roof. We would like to build a “living roof” and are wondering where to start.

Titled “Old Town Scottsdale Garage Green Roof/Farmers Market Concept,” the rendering is labeled “Optima Inc. 2025.” The location is First Street and Brown Avenue, ...

The top of the St. Louis County motor pool in downtown Duluth was not the kind of place people wanted to spend much time. The leaking asphalt roof did have some green -- weeds sprouting in cracks ...

Like the roof above the parking garage at the IMA, most green roofs rely on a soil-less growing medium for plants. The soil-less medium drains fast to reduce the weight of water.

One way they have found to do this is through the roofs of buildings, i.e. "green" and "cool" roofs. Find out what a green roof or cool roof is, how much they cost, ...