incorporating natural water
-more information about the meaning/significance of water runoff
-slowing and reducing water run-off and storing it/delivering when needed to the garden
rooftop zen garden
innovative solar designs
ideas of combining our rooftop with innovative solar power
Using these as shades
Working them into our plan to create a rooftop office space - give power to laptops
Make it pay for itself?
#Business
rooftop veggies
in kiddie pools!!
hells kitchen rooftop veggies
More on the hells kitchen rooftop garden from above
Business Week green roofs
(BUSINESS PLAN!!)
Business week article on green roofs!
Summary of points:
currently majority of residential and commercial roofs are black, and these drive up air conditioning bills significantly (because of retaining heat)
Roofs covered in foliage help insulate in winter and cool it in the summer
They also clean the air, reduce water runoff
They can last 3x longer because they limit damage due to temperature and ultraviolet rays
examples of rooftop gardens
The soil on the rooftop works as a layer of insulation to the building. The extra layer of insulation is able to keep the heat inside a building or block the heat rays when needed. It is calculated that if half of the available rooftop space in Tokyo were planted on that the outside temperature would decrease between.11 and.84 degrees Celsius. This tiny change in temperature would actually lead to the savings of one hundred million yen a day in the city’s electrical bill. Another way that rooftop gardens saves the property owner money is through the increased life of the rooftop. This is the New York Times take on sustainable gardening.
----This is quite interesting! business aspect
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