Living Architecture Monitor
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The Living Architecture Monitor is a publication by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, with a mission to increase awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture. We write articles about sustainable earth and ways to do so, with expert strategies, and much more.
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
Learn about award winning leaders in the industry in the fields of research, Olyssa Starry and Manfred Kohler, policy with Senator Mona Das, and our Chair’s Award for Charlie Miller, P.Eng. Legacy corporate award winners in 2022 go to American Hydrotech, Devens Enterprise Commission, The Sika Group and Green Roof Plants ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
An overview by Scandanavian green roof leaders on the synergies between green roofs and solar photovoltaics and some of the key design considerations required ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
This article explores the important role of sound in our evolution and how incorporating soundscaping into our designs can result in healthier, more productive building occupants, taking biophilic design to another level ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
This Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Podcast episode features Ed Snodgrass. He’s a 5th generation farmer and green roof nursery pioneer who provides insights into a wide range of topics including plant research, climate change and rewilding the Emory Knoll Farm ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
Sika has developed a flexible system of anchoring rooftop solar photovoltaic systems that allows for green roof integration between and beneath the panels. Integrated green roofs and solar panel installations are commonplace in Germany ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
Explore opportunities to incorporate shrubs into your future green roof designs - what to look for and what to watch out for - in this latest offering from Bruce Dvorak. ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
New research shows that LiveRoof’s innovative new Blue-Green Roof product, RoofBlue® RETAIN™ has the ability to reduce stormwater runoff, conserve irrigation water, and enhance plant growth ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
Learn about the many benefits of creatively using gabion baskets in your landscape designs from improved waste material management to creating new opportunities to support biodiversity ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
New scientific evidence suggests the need to add to the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design. This article by William Browning and Catherine Ryan of Terrapin Bright Green explains what it means to experience Awe in the built environment through biophilic design and provides multiple of examples from architecture and nature ..read more
Living Architecture Monitor
2M ago
Ten diverse innovations in living architecture - ranging from technologies and research to project certification and policy - plus trends and recommendations for future endeavors. ..read more