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- BBS Green Roofing - Residential and commercial green roof contractors based in the UK. Includes portfolio.
- Green Roof Design - Design, engineering, construction and maintenance of green roofs and roof gardens. Company information, links to green roof resources.
- Applying Green Roofs to Schools - Article by Katrin Scholz-Barth from HOK on the benefits of green roofs on schools.
- Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative - Supporting the creation of green roofs upon New York City's flat rooftops. Includes rationale, research, projects, workshops, and resources.
- Green Roofs Cool City Rooftop Gardens in Chicago to Fight Smog, Heat - Why city officials are encouraging green roofs.
- Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State University - To demonstrate and promote green roof research, education, and technology in the Northeastern United States. Includes news, research, faculty profiles, and links.
- EDC Magazine: Green Roofs: Stormwater Management From the Top Down - Article by Katrin Scholz-Barth of HOK discussing green roofs in an urban setting.
- Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - Dedicated to creating a green roof marketplace in North America. Includes news, upcoming events, FAQ, projects, public policies, and research.
- Green Roof Blocks - Offers self contained, portable units for completed roofs or to ballast single ply roofing systems.
- Livingroofs.org - Non-profit UK organisation promoting green roofs. Includes roof types, benefits, issues, research, list of applications in the UK, case studies, and suppliers.
Wikipedia Articles
- Green roof - A green roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and soil, or a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. This does not refer to roofs which are merely colored green, as with green shingles.
- Steven W. Peck - Steven Peck is Founder and President, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities an independent, non-profit industry association promoting education, advocacy, professionalism and excellence in the planning, designing and building of [[green roof], green walls and other forms of living architecture projects since 1999.
- Strawblocks - "Strawblocks" are strawbales that have been recompressed to the density of wood blocks for compact cargo container shipment, or for straw-bale construction of load-bearing walls that support roof-loads, as from a "living" or green roofs.