UH Experiments With Eco-Friendly Roofs, By Gary Sprinkle, 4 ABC, KITV.com [02.06.08] A popular trend in Europe, UH's agriculture department experiments with native Hawaiian plants which may one day lead Hawaii to having green roofs. Leyla Cabugos is a MS Candidate in the Ethnobotany program, Botany Department, at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and her research trialing native plants is highlighted. Also see the Princeville Resort greenroofs on Kauai. See the University of Hawai`i at Manoa Green Roof Experiment project profile in The Greenroof Projects Database here.
"Going Green" Roofs, KCEN-TV, By John Gilbert, NBC 6 News [01.31.08] Waco, TX greenroofs.
Green Roof Magic: Plants on a roof? You won't believe what they accomplish, nbc10.com, By Lynn Berry [11.15.07] Learn about the massive GreenGrid project at the Court at Upper Providence Shopping Mall in Royersford, PA. See the Grand Haven Dumpster Covers project profile in The Greenroof Projects Database.
One Boy Saves His Family, ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Hosted by Ty Pennington. [10.28.07] See the all new Green Extreme Makeover Home Edition: One Boy Saves His Family. Six people headed up by a single mom, her innovative teenage son, two daughters, including one with asthma, and two grandchildren reside together in a dilapidated trailer on a Navajo reservation in the Arizona desert with no running water. Yet they still live in the Navajo Way, which means sustainable living on the land, in accordance with the principles of Mother Earth.
Ty Pennington and his team of design professionals give the Yazzie family an exceptional home which treads lightly on the Earth - using solar and wind power, and greenroofs, too! See how they employed two modular systems, Green Roof Blocks and Green Paks, as elements of living architecture which honor the Earth and the Navajo Way. See the ABC Extreme Makeover - Home Edition website and the project profile in The Greenroof Projects Database here.
Going Green Can Start At The Top, First Coast News, By Pablo Pereira, KNBC/NBC News channel [10.18.07]
Green roofs taking root across Va., inRich.com, By Carlos Santos Times-Dispatch Staff Writer. [10.10.07]
New 'green' roof project could change the way homes are built, abc12.com, By Deborah Wrigley. [10.08.07]
Homarama goes green with first certified green-design home, PilotOnline.com, By Janette Rodrigues, The Virginian-Pilot [10.06.07]
Roofscaping: Turning Rooftops Into Gardens, FOX5 Energy Team. [09.18.07] Greenroofs.com's publisher/editor, Linda Velazquez, is briefly interviewed here atop Northpark 400 in Sandy Springs, GA. Linda's first greenroof project in downtown Atlanta (2001) is also highlighted. The homeowner - and her dog, Monkey, are shown enjoying the doggie greenspace atop their 670 sf converted automotive warehouse-turned artist studio, medical arts practice and two-story residential loft. Under "FOX 5 e-Team Coverage" scroll down to "FOX Energy Team: Roofscaping" and click.
City of Waco getting the first “Green Roof” in Central Texas, KCEN-TV/DT [05.21.07]
Green roof saves green in Chicago, MSNBC.com, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, By Kevin Tibbles, Correspondent [10.17.06]
On Your Side: Environmentally Friendly Homes, CBS 3, Jim Donovan Reporting [10.27.06]
Green roofs hailed stormwater solution, tvnz.co.nz, Source: One News [10.07.06]
Experience Timeless Chicago: Spend The Day In Millennium Park & The Night At The Millennium Knickerbocker, TravelVideo.TV, by Staff [08.09.06]
Rebuilding a better, greener New Orleans, Today show on MSNBC.com & NBC Video, interview by Ann Curry [07.17.06]
