California has a new hit: the state's new Academy of Sciences building in San Francisco has been drawing increasing plaudits from both professionals and the public alike. With the strictest of environmental demands, architect Renzo Piano has created a building " that is visually and functionally linked to its natural surroundings, metaphorically lifting up a piece of the park and putting a buil...

More than 1.15 million cubic meters (1.5 million cubic yards) of sediment require annual removal from harbors and ports along Ohio's Lake Erie coast. Disposing of these materials into landfills depletes land resources, while open water placement of these materials deteriorates water quality. There are more than 14,000 acres of revitalizing brownfields in Cleveland, U.S., many containing up to 9...

Background and aims The application of green roof technology has become more common in the central, northwestern and eastern USA, and is now being employed across the southern USA as well. However, there is little research in the literature that evaluated plant survival on unirrigated green roofs in subtropical climates that experience frequent drought and heat stress. Here, we summarize the re...

Green roofs are considered to be one of the optimal tools for saving energy and protecting environment in developed countries. In this paper, an analysis possible application green on existing residential buildings with flat is presented. economic analysis, models Belgrade, two different types roofs, studied. A key indicator investment profitability investigation net present value (NPV) roof pr...

In our present day, consuming water and energy sources at a rapid rate, losing green areas, air pollution which is caused by gas emissions, global warming actions that damage the balance in ecosystem have made it necessary to take precautions. this perspective, using sufficiently, finding new ecofriendly roofs are crucial for world's future. Green roof systems, built purpose of preventing warmi...

Green roofs are a recurrent solution for improving environmental quality in buildings. Such systems can, among other things, reduce the urban heat island effect, improve indoor thermal comfort and visual quality, energy consumption buildings, therefore promoting human comfort. This work presents winter monitoring of light-weight green roof assembly with potential to be implemented extensive are...

water crisis resource management originates from limited resources has made it essential to study the prioritization of traditional and modern methods of sustainable water resource management. the objective of such studies is to provide a list of prioritized traditional and modern methods of sustainable water resource management. this research aims to study rainwater harvesting method and qanat...