Blackdown Green Roof Chosen For England's First "Passivhaus/BREEAM Excellent" Building
Build.co.uk, by Staff
UK. "An extensive green roof system from specialists Blackdown Horticultural Consultants of Somerset, has been installed at the new Centre for Disability Studies in Essex, helping the pioneering eco-building to become England’s first ever construction to achieve both Passivhaus and BREEAM 'Excellent' ratings..." [9.2.10]

'Green skins' grow in the Emerald City‎
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, by Danielle L. Pierce
Seattle, WA. "Vegetated roofs, walls and land together make a “green skin,” a system that integrates the built with the natural environment...In Seattle, vegetated or green roofs of all types are being installed for a variety of purposes, such as stormwater management and urban farm space. From plaza-covered parking garages to rooftop terraces, the creative design of green roofs has lent itself to making some wonderful places to visit..." [9.2.10]

CU Faculty Develop New 'Living Wall' Concept to Slash Energy Use
CU Boulder News & Events, by John Zhai and Carol Rowe
Boulder, CO. "A multidisciplinary team of University of Colorado faculty has been awarded $1.97 million by the National Science Foundation to develop a "living wall" system based on biomimicry, or the imitation of nature, to slash energy use in buildings. The novel living wall concept takes its inspiration from the thermal regulation systems in the human body, which can efficiently adapt to changes in the surrounding environment through sophisticated heat transfer processes and metabolic adjustments..." [9.1.10]

Green roofs redefine cooling plant‎
environmentalresearchweb, by Andy Extance
New York, NY. "Researchers at Columbia University, US, have demonstrated that a layer of plants and earth can cut the rate of heat absorption through the roof of a building in summer by 84%...Perhaps the greatest overall benefit of green roofs comes in tackling the "urban heat island" effect, which Gaffin suggests is responsible for two-thirds of New York's localized warming over the last century..." [9.1.10]