A new living-wall just went up on the upper-east side of NYC
July 3, 2008 - That's a new living-wall that's just went up on the upper-east side of NYC. The same guys that did that one, agreenroof.com, are just finishing a huge 750sq ft wall that has edible vegetables and herbs growing on it... Read More...
Living Walls sprouting up around NYC
June 29, 2008 - Around the 5 boroughs there are an increasing number of Living Walls beginning to sprout up, giving a more literal meaning to the phrase urban jungle. Read More...
Q&A: George Irwin, CEO at Green Living Technologies, LLC
April 2008 - We spoke with CEO George Irwin at Green Living Technologies, LLC, based in Rochester, New York, about the company’s new Green Living Walls and Green Living Roofs divisions. Read More...
Green Walls: Outer Beauty, Inner Function
April 2008 - As a child I was mesmerized by the bean seeds starting to poke up over the rim of old cafeteria milk carton that had the top cut off. Read More...
Climbing The Office Walls
February 25, 2008 - Plants liven up a workplace: They clean the air, cheer cubicle dwellers and entice customers into cafés, stores and spas. But they take up floor space. The solution? Companies are going vertical by covering their retail and office walls with plants. Read More...
Room to Improve
February 21, 2008 - Green roofs have become popular, thanks in large part to their ability to reduce energy consumption. Green walls are a more recent development but have been turning up in a number of high-profile architectural projects like the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. There is no reason you can’t put a similar wall in a private residence. Read More...
Building Green
November 1, 2007 - Specifically we are a Green Technologies company specifically manufacturing and designing green roofs, green walls and accessories. We are based in upstate NY and service clients on a global platform. Read More...
Montauk Sees a Roof Go Green
August 18, 2007 - Amy Norquist. left, of Green Living Technologies in Rochester, and Marguerite Wells of MotherPlants in Ithaca installing plantings on the roof at 18 Ferndale Place North in Montauk. Read More...
Conveniently Green: Historic Building Gives New Meaning To Green Roof - Video - WTAE Pittsburgh Channel 4 News
August 2, 2007 - The roof of a historic building in Homestead has gone conveniently green. Read More...
Taking 'green' to new heights
June 30, 2007 - Landscaping business is first in area to install living roofs and walls. Read More...
Growing Trend
May 3, 2007 - Michael Bucci might have found a solution to the area’s flooding-basement conundrum. To showcase his discovery, he ventured to a rooftop, not the sewer system. Read More...
Rochester based Green Living Technologies and Philadelphia�s G-Space Design Announce Partnership with �Green� Row House Renovations
April 2, 2007 - Rochester, NY based Green Living Technologies and Philadelphia’s G Space LLC (formerly MNB Architecture) announce partnership with “Green ” row house renovation. Green Living Technologies CEO George Irwin and G Space LLC, owners Michael Bucci and Angela Di Prima-Bucci teamed up to turn 1313 East Passyunk Ave into a green renovation, inside and out. The G-Space concept was to include a green roof as part of their overall renovation. Read More...
Green Roofs Prove Vital Resource in the Fight Against Global Warming.
Feb 10, 2007 - What do the heat island effect, storm water runoff, fossil fuel and CO2 have in common? They are all related to global warming. Global warming has become a common buzz word defined as gradual warming of the Earth's atmosphere reportedly caused by the burning of fossil fuels and industrial pollutants. According to the USEPA, in the U.S., our energy-related activities account for three-quarters of our human-generated greenhouse gas emissions, mostly in the form of carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. (Source: http://www.epa.gov) Read More...
Plant, mow and water the ... roof?
Nov 6, 2006 - Maine rooftops are starting to sprout grass, trees and other plants, and nobody's complaining about poor maintenance. In fact, said Carol Dayn, the principal at Portland's East End Community School, "there's a lot to be said for it." The new elementary school has what may be the state's first "green roof," a covering of soil and low-growing plants on a first-floor roof section just outside the second-floor window of the teachers' room. Another living roof, one that doubles as a small park with grass and trees, was just created on top of the parking garage at Back Bay Tower in Portland. Read More...
Wal-Mart with a "Green Roof".
Feb 8, 2006 - The Austin Wal-Mart broke ground in May 2005. The new store, covering 150,000 square feet, is under construction at 4650 W. North Ave. The Austin store will open with bells and whistles unlike any other store in the retail giant’s chain. The Austin store will be the first U.S. Wal-Mart with a green roof. At 67,000 square feet, the roof will be covered with flowering plants adaptable to Chicago’s cold weather. The city has similar green roofs atop City Hall, Bethel New Life Center and the Lincoln Park Zoo. Read More...
City of Toronto unveils unparalleled green roof support!
Feb 1, 2006 - Today the City of Toronto released a press release that outlines their plans to help green the roofs of Toronto. After a study by the University of Ryerson which quantified the specific benefits that green roofs could help Toronto achieve. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities founder, Steven Peck, had the following to say about the announcement: "Green Roofs for Healthy Cities congratulates Mayor David Miller and Toronto City Council for adopting the first comprehensive set of green roof policies in North America."
Toronto Adopts 'Green-Roof Legislation
In November 2005, City staff completed the most difficult milestone by producing, "A Discussion Paper Presented to Toronto's Roundtable on the Environment, Making Green Roofs Happen". Learn more about the Roundtable on the Environment and Policy and Finance approvals that eventually led to City Council adoption of the green roof strategy on January 31, 2006. Read More...
U.S. Federal Technology Alert
Green roofs can improve the energy performance of federal buildings, help manage stormwater, reduce airborne emissions and mitigate the effects of urban heat islands. Read More...
Google News Results about Green Roofs
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