Chicargo City Hall Green RoofThe Green Roofs and Living Walls Lecture was given by Dr Nigel Dunnett, Senior lecturer at Sheffield university, the leading green roof research institution in Europe.
"Green roofs help keep buildings cool in Summer, filter pollution, reduce rainwater run off and provide wildlife habitats.They can also extend the life of a roof compared to traditional design and can help to create beautiful and inspirational buildings," Nigel Dunnett.
The Green Roof Infrastructure Development Project (GRID) was launched by Sheffield University and Groundwork Sheffield and is the first green roof development programme in the UK. The city of Sheffield now has a green roof policy where all buildings with a flat roof, existing or to be built, are required to accomodate a green roof. A really fun project of greening bus shelters throughout the city centre took place, for promotion and to highlight the potential for greening smaller scale roofs, such as kennels, garages and sheds.
Greening Bus Shelters
"Houses become part of landscape, use roofs to return to nature what we unlawfully took from her," Friedensriech Hundertwasser.
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