All Entries in the "Green Roof" Category
HGTV Green Home
The new 2009 Home and Garden TV (HGTV) Green Home has been built. The Green Home has many eco-friendly and green features from a Green “Living” Roof to Energy Star appliances. You can enter to win this home right here on our Green Earth Friend Weblog or go directly to HGTV Green Home Sweepstakes. [...]
Greenest Museum In The World
The California Academy Of Sciences in Golden Gate Park , San Francisco, is one of the greenest buildings in the world. The roof contains over a million different species of plant life. The green roof insulates the building, keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When it rains, the roof absorbs the water, bringing [...]
Green Roofs: An Eco-Friendly Concept
Green roofs are Eco-friendly and great for the environment. The concept is simple and easy to accomplish on most all roof tops. Most big cities, when seen from above, are black or dark gray roads and rooftops, converting the area into a heat absorbing environmental hazard. Instead of what was once trees and grass taking sunlight and C02 [...]
White Roofs Are The Coolest
When in hotter climates, you may notice that people around you are wearing lighter colored clothes usually white or beige. This is because people that live in warmer climates know that wearing light colored clothes is going to reflect heat away from themselves. Making your roof cool takes advantage of the same technology. Basically painting your roof [...]
