Yet green roofs cover less than 0.1% of New York City's 1 million buildings, according to a new analysis. Published in Ecology and Society, the paper provides the first comprehensive dataset of ...

Thanks to a project managed in partnership with the NYC Audubon and the company Brooklyn Grange, half of the Javits Center now has a green roof. Organizers completed the installation of 7 acres of ...

Rooftops have always been the rage here in New York, but in the last few years, roofs have increasingly been repurposed from a utilitarian function into places that can be used for the use of the ...

Green Roofs Report by NRDC found that green roofs in New York City were 60 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than regular black roofs. Furthermore, the report also explains that "green" roofs are either ...

According to Green Roofs NYC, these plant-covered spaces can cut carbon, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone rates, as well as remove detrimental fine particulate matter from the surrounding air.

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Out of more than 1 million buildings in New York City, they could identify only 736 with green roofs, less than 0.1% of the total, although they noted there could be others they hadn't been able ...

NEW YORK—Every Friday afternoon, the Kingsland Wildflower Green Roof opens its doors to the local community. Tall grass and brightly-colored flowers greet visitors after their four-floor trek to ...

If NYC’s green shelters cost as much as Utrect ... will ask for the construction of hundreds more shelters across the city. By writing green roofs into their Request for Proposals, Matusow ...

New York City likes to talk up its environmental bona ... not average New Yorkers and renters. The city offers a “Green Roof” tax Abatement of up to $200,000 for developers who cover ...