GreenRoof Technology

Greening the world one space at a time through Green Roofs, Solar Garden Roofs, Green Walls, Green Train Tracks, and natural Swimming Pools.

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Weekend research:
American urban sprawl is characterized by 2"x4" and 4'x8', by plastic siding and asphalt roof shingles, by school bus traffic and some mow-blow-go lawns.

Typing into Google "Sponge City" provides 120,000,000 results and typing in "Schwa…https://t.co/AD9TRkSl7l

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𝗖𝗮����𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 & 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆:
While the exact number is unknown, experts estimate that there are over 𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 in Germany. However, a more recent castle built in 1990 by Edzard Reuter, CEO of Mercedes-Benz (former…https://t.co/t0LkhFiM2c

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From 1986-1992 the city of #Stuttgart, Germany was consequently retrofitting roofs of schools and kindergartens with #greenroofs on a large scale. The intention was to reduce the annual #stormwater #runoff from their structures by at least 50% to relieve…https://t.co/uJkN6puKqW

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬𝟬𝗴/𝗺² 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 in Stuttgart,…https://t.co/ZI4TTEQs1n

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𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 (𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲) 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟕 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟏,𝟕𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬) 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟?…https://t.co/5YfqfooQU9

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𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧����𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥…https://t.co/bCY5rr5bkJ

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They say: One benefit of #Greenroofs is that the roofing is ballasted and protected.
In other words the roofing has a limited lifespan in areas where it is exposed to the elements or in areas of unusual wear and tear e.g. by foot traffic.

In the picture…https://t.co/0ARcSMS9i8

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𝐈𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 and even reflective roofing materials are common and promise environmental benefits by reflecting the sunlight.

Manufacturers’ promise that r…https://t.co/cFFAOiDMCI

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GREEN BOX

in many ways.

For creating environmental awareness in public areas a nice-to-have tool. Real impact would make greenery on all industrial buildings, warehouses, and shopping malls including the excessive open air, single story parking lots.…https://t.co/VnEp5m4r6r

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Patience of a gardener can save up to $10/sf in a Green Roof installation.
This includes that only 0.60kg/m² (0.12 lb/sf) or 50% less recycled plastic is used within a 5 inch deep Green Roof system. Most generic Green Roof systems or Green Roof concepts…https://t.co/etHY0YygFM

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Different Green Roof
This post consumed at least 50 watt of electricity.

#electricity Over the last 10 years the electricity for digitalization increased by over 50% worldwide to 87 TWh per year. This increase is responsible for more than 2% of the world…https://t.co/46CHGwgxRY

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The USA has more churches than there are Bakeries in Germany and I miss all of them.
For a short time my home Stuttgart has now a Solar Bakery.
Learn more about:
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Not Wanted! Food for the Honey Bees and Butterflies!

That an entire nation is mostly far behind of functional and modern Green Roof technology can be seen in complains from American municipalities.

Here the original words: “The stormwater BMP at this l…https://t.co/qcHieqvco3

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In North America there are millions of acres of rooftops in commercial areas surrounding our metropolitan areas. Often contributing more stormwater runoff and heat island than the adjoining city.
Green infrastructure in these commercial areas is hardly di…https://t.co/A9gPX18zqN

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In North America there are millions of acres of rooftops in commercial areas surrounding our metropolitan areas. Often contributing more stormwater runoff and heat island than the adjoining city.
Green infrastructure in these commercial areas is hardly d…https://t.co/B4TL1bPBSW

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I can't wait until we have electric flying cars...

.... because then we will look at our architecture differently and the current tunnel vision will be a thing of the past.
#WGRD2023 #architecture #biodiversity #solargreenroofs #climatechange #greenroof…https://t.co/v5aD8lG29C

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I am very happy seeing increasingly posts about true Agrisolar and less the methane sheep pollinator Solarfarms that generate more environmental issues than energy. https://t.co/NhTe5mbBPY

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𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙥 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧.
While Solar companies in North America are in hype for covering agricultural land with solar, adding some sheep to keep the vegetation low, while arguing that this helps for biodiversity, other developed countries are sys…https://t.co/zyBDmtrQQS

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If you have 1 Megawatt of #Solar Panels, where would you install these?

In North America it is currently trendy to cover open fields, fencing these in, adding some flowers and sheep and creating even more splinter #developments to the existing by making…https://t.co/B3rb7o57kX

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𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙐𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 ... and growing

#UrbanTinyForests make a difference in densely built neighborhoods. Beside the tremendous cooling effect Urban Tiny Forest also create a unique #biodiversity and step ston…https://t.co/xRnGWoK13L