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Akbari, Hashem. Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of Shade Trees. Energy and Buildings, p. 10. [ View ]

Akbari, H.. Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in two small non-residential buildings. Energy 28, p. 953-967. [ View ]

Akbari, H.. Cool Surfaces and Shade Trees to Reduce Energy Use and Improve Air Quality in Urban Areas. Solar Energy, p. 16. [ View ]

Akbari, H.. Cooling Energy Savings Potential of Reflective Roofs for Residential and Commercial Buildings in the United States. Energy, p. 17. [ View ]

Akbari, Hashem. Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of High-Albedo Roofs. Energy and Buildings, p. 10. [ View ]

Bass, Brad. The Impact of Green Roofs on Toronto's Urban Heat Island. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 13. [ View ]

Beattie|Berghage|Jarrett|Manbeck, D.|R.|A.R.|H.B.. Green roof plants mitigate stormwater and clean the environment. Proc. Intl. Plant Prop. Soc, p. 1. [ View ]

Brenneisen, Stephan. The Benefits of Biodiversity from Green Roofs - Key Design Consequences. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, p. 7. [ View ]

Brenneisen, Stephan. From Biodiversity Strategies to Agricultural Productivity. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, Oregon, p. 10. [ View ]

Brenneisen, Stephan. Green Roofs - Recapturing Urban Space for Wildlife - A Challenge for Urban Planning and Environmental Education. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, D.C., p. 8. [ View ]

Brenneisen, Stephan. Green roofs – how nature returns to the city. Acta Hort 643:289-293, p. 5. [ View ]

Bucheli|Muller|Heberle|Schwarzenbach, Thomas D.|Stephan R.|Siegrun|Rene P.. Occurrence and Behaviour of Pesticides in Rainwater, Roof Runoff and Artificial Stormwater Infiltration. Environmental Science and Technology, 1998, 32, p. 3457-3464. [ View ]

Carter, Timothy. Use of Green Roofs for Ultra-Urban Stream Restoration in the Georgia Pedmont (USA). Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 14 pages. [ View ]

Clark, Corrie. Optimization of Green Roofs for Air Pollution Mitigation. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities: Washington DC, 2005, p. 13. [ View ]

Code of Practice, .. Overall Thermal Transfer Value in Buildings. ., p. [ View ]

Coffman|Davis, Reid|Graham. Insect and Avian Fauna Presence on the Ford Assembly Plant Ecoroof. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, D.C., p. 12. [ View ]

Coffman|Martin, Reid R.|Jay F.. The Sustainability of an Agricultural Roof Garden. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, Oregon, p. 19. [ View ]

Czemiel Berndtsson|Emilsson|Bengtsson, Justyna|Tobias|Lars. Green Roof Technology – From a Fire-Protection System to a Central Instrument in Sustainable Urban Design. .: Science of the Total Environment 355 (2006) 48– 63, p. 16. [ View ]

Davis, Kim. Vancouver's Green Roof Inventory and Next Steps. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities: Chicago 2003, p. 7. [ View ]

Del Barrio, Elena Palomo. Analysis of green roofs cooling potential in buildings. Energy and Buildings, 27:179-193, p. 14. [ View ]

Denardo, J. C.. Stormwater mitigation and surface temperature reduction by green roofs. Transactions of the ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers), p. vol 48. no. 4, pp. 1491-1496. [ View ]

Deutsch, Barbara. Re-Greening Washington D.C.: A Green Roof Vision Based on Environmental Benefits For Air Quality And Storm Water Management. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 6 pages. [ View ]

Dunnett, Nigel. Green Roofs for Biodiversity: Reconciling Aesthetics with Ecology. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, p. 14. [ View ]

Dvorak, Bruce. A Green Roof Comparison Project: Illinois EPA-CDF Green Roof. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, 2004, p. 9 pages. [ View ]

Emilson, Tobias. Impact of Fertilisation on Vegetation Development and Water Quality. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, 2004, p. 8 pages. [ View ]

Emilsson, Tobias. The Influence of Substrate, Establishment Method and Species Mix on Plant Cover. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, p. 8. [ View ]

Eumorfopoulou, Ekaterini. The contribution of a planted roof to the thermal protection of buildings in Greece. Energy and Buildings 27, p. 29-36. [ View ]

Gaffin, Stuart. Quantifying Evaporative Cooling From Green Roofs and Comparison To Other Land Surfaces. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, MA, May 4-6, 2006, p. 15. [ View ]

Gaffin, Stuart. Energy Balance Modeling Applied to a Comparison of White and Green Roof Cooling Efficiency. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, 2006, Boston, MA, May 11-12, 2006, p. 15. [ View ]

Gedge, Dusty. From Rubble to Redstarts. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, p. 9. [ View ]

Gedge, Dusty. Green roofs and urban biodiversity - The UK+CH science and technology transfer project. Proceedings, World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress, 15-16. September, 2005. Basel Switzerland, p. 5. [ View ]

Gedge|Kadas, Dusty|Gyongyver. Bugs, Bees and Spiders: Green Roof Design for Rate Invertebrates. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, Oregon, p. 14. [ View ]

Gedge|Kadas, Dusty|Gyongyver. Green roofs for biodiversity: Designing green roofs to meet targets of BAP (Biodiversity Action Plan species). Proceedings, World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress, 15-16. September, 2005. Basel Switzerland, p. 8. [ View ]

Getter|Rowe|Andresen, Kristin|D. Bradley|Jeffrey A.. Quantifying the effect of slope on extensive green roof stormwater retention. Ecological Engineering, p. 225-231. [ View ]

Graham, Patrick. Evaluating the Stormwater Management Benefits of Green Roofs Through Water Balance Modeling. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 9. [ View ]

Gutteridge, Barry. Toronto’s Green Roof Demonstration Project. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities: Chicago 2003, p. 5. [ View ]

Hagerman, Joseph. Optimizing the Building Envelopes with Green Roofs: A Discussion of Architectural and Energy Performance Requirements. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities 2006, p. 30. [ View ]

Hart, Andrew. Monitoring Protocols for Birds, Insects, and Plants - City of Chicago Roof Top Garden. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities: Chicago 2003, p. 3 pages. [ View ]

Hauth|Liptan, Emily|Tom. Plant Survival Findings in the Pacific Northwest. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, Illinois, p. 13. [ View ]

Hoffman, Leslie. The Earth Pledge Green Roof Stormwater Modeling System. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, 2006, p. 10 pages. [ View ]

Hunt, William. Choosing the Right Green Roof Media for Water Quality. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, 2006, p. 18. [ View ]

Hutchinson, Douglas. Stormwater Monitoring of Two Ecoroofs in Portland, Oregon, USA. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 18 pages. [ View ]

Johnston|McCreary|Nelms, Chris|Kathryn|Cheryl. Vancouver Public Library Green Roof Monitoring Project. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, Oregon, p. 13. [ View ]

Juan|Aspiazu|Jose Lopez|Jesus Ramirez|Pedro Villasenor|Alicia Galnares Del, A.|F.|M.|T.|S.|C.. Metal Deposition in a Flat Green Roof System in a Mexico City Building. Internation Journal of PIXE, Vol. 12, Nos. 3 and 4, p. 225-230. [ View ]

Khandaker|Shariful, M.|Islam. Rooftop Gardening as a Strategy of Urban Agriculture for Food Security: The Case of Dhaka City Bangladesh. Proceedings IC on Urban Horticulture Eds. R. Junge-Berberovic et al., p. 241-247. [ View ]

Koehler, Manfred. Green Roof Technology - From a Fire-Protection System to a Central Instrument in Sustainable Urban Design. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland 2004, p. 14. [ View ]

Koehler, Manfred. Plant Survival Research and Biodiversity: Lessons from Europe. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, Il, p. 10. [ View ]

Koehler, Manfred. Energetic Effects of Green roofs on the urban climate near to the ground and to the Building Surfaces. Proc. Intl. Green Roof Conf. Nuertingen, IGRA, p. 228-236, p. 8. [ View ]

Koehler, Manfred. Urban storm water management by extensive green roofs. Proceedings, World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress, 15-16. September, 2005. Basel Switzerland, p. 6. [ View ]

Koehler|Schmidt|Grimme|Laar|Gusmao, M.|M.|F.W.|M.|F.. Urban water retention by greened roofs in temperate and tropical climate. Proc. 38th World Congress IFLA, Singapore, p. 12. [ View ]

Kolb, Walter. Good reasons for roof planting – green roofs and rainwater. Proc. IC on Urban Horticulture, Acta Hort 643:295-300, p. 5. [ View ]

Kongshaug|Bhatt, Rune|Vikram. The Role of Green Roofs in Cost-Effective City Greening. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, OR, June 2, 2004, p. 24. [ View ]

LaBerge, Kevin. City of Chicago Green Roof Test Plot Study: Stormwater and Temperature Results. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 13 pages. [ View ]

Lee|Koshimiz, Hyukjae |Hajime. Research on the Scenic Meaning of Rooftop Greening with Semantic Differential Measure and Join-Count Statistics. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, May 11-12, 2006, p. 12. [ View ]

Leonard|Leonard, Timothy|James. The green roof and energy performance - rooftop data analyzed. Green Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington DC, 2005, p. 11. [ View ]

Liu, Karen. Engineering Performance of Rooftop Gardens through Field Evaluation. 18th International Convention of the Roof Consultants Institute, Tampa, FL, March 13-16, 2003, p. 10. [ View ]

Liu|Baskaran, Karen|Bas. Green Roof Infrastructure – Technology Demonstration, Monitoring and Market Expansion. Report to the Technology Early Action Measures Program. National Research Council Publication, p. 223. [ View ]

Liu|Baskaran, Karen|Bas. Thermal Performance of Green Roofs Through Field Evaluation. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, May 30, 2003, p. 10. [ View ]

MacMillan, Glen. York University Rooftop Garden Stormwater Quantity and Quality Performance Monitoring Report. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, 2004, p. 14 pages. [ View ]

Martens, Ryan. Roof-Envelope Ratio Impact on Green Roof Energy Performance. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, MA, May 4-6, 2006, p. 11. [ View ]

Mason|Ammann|Ulrich|Sigg, Y.|A.A.|A.|L.. Behavior of heavy metals, nutrients, and major components during roof runoff infiltration. Environmental Science and Technology, p. 10. [ View ]

McCarthy, Stephen. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Extensive Green Roof. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Portland, 2004, p. 9 pages. [ View ]

Meng, Qinglin. Roof Cooling Effect with Humid Porous Medium. Energy and Buildings, p. 9. [ View ]

Mentens, Jeroen. Effect of Orientation on the Water Balance of Greenroofs. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 9. [ View ]

Monterusso|Rowe|Rugh|Russell, M.A.|D.B.|C.L.|D.K.. Runoff Water Quantity and Quality from Green Roof Systems. Acta Hort 639:369-376, p. 7. [ View ]

Moran, Amy. A North Carolina Field Study to Evaluate Greenroof Runoff Quantity, Runoff Quality, and Plant Growth. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, p. 15 pages. [ View ]

Moran, Amy. Hydrologic and Water Quality Performance from Greenroofs in Goldsboro and Raleigh, North Carolina. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 14 pages. [ View ]

Niachou, A.. Analysis of the green roof thermal properties and investigation of its energy performance. Energy and Buildings 33, p. 719-729. [ View ]

Onmura, S.. Study on Evaporative Cooling Effect of Roof Lawn Gardens. Energy and Buildings, p. 14. [ View ]

Parker, John H.. Landscaping To Reduce the Energy Used In Cooling Buildings. Journal of Forestry, p. 82-84, 105. [ View ]

Pearce, Kaaren. Toronto City Hall - Early Research Findings. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, p. 8. [ View ]

Perry, Michael D.. Yorktowne Square Condominium Green Roof Retrofit and Stormwater Management Plan. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 10 pages. [ View ]

Rosenzweig|Solecki|Parshall|Gaffin|Lynn|Goldberg|Hodges|Cox, C.|C.|W.|S.R.|B.|R.|S|J.. Mitigating New York City’s Heat Island With Urban Forestry, Living Roofs and Light Surfaces. ., p. 173. [ View ]

Rowe, Bradley D.. Green Roof Slope, Substrate Depth, And Vegetation Influence on Runoff. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 9 pages. [ View ]

Rowe|Monterusso|Rugh, Bradley|Michael|Clayton. Evaluation of Sedum Species and Michigan Native Taxa for Green Roof Applications. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington D.C., p. 13. [ View ]

Russell, Virginia. Sky to Ground: A Holistic Approach to Site Planning Activities. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 10 pages. [ View ]

Saiz Alcazar, Susana. Energy Performance of Green Roofs in a Multi Storey Residential Building in Madrid. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington 2005, p. 14. [ View ]

Schmidt, Marco. The interaction between water and energy on greened roofs. Proc.World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress. p. 228-236, p. 8. [ View ]

Schmidt, Marco. The Evapotranspiration of Greened Roofs and Façades. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, May 11-12, 2006, Boston, MA, p. 10. [ View ]

Scholz-Barth, Katrin. Green Roofs: Stormwater management from the Top Down. Website: Environmental design and Construction Home, p. 12. [ View ]

Setterblad|Kruuse af Verchou, M.|A.. Design and Biodiversity: A brown field roof in Malmö, Sweden. Proceedings, World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress, 15-16. September, 2005. Basel Switzerland, p. 3. [ View ]

Setterblad|Kruuse af Verchou, M.|A.. Design and Biodiversity: A brown field roof in Malmö, Sweden. Proceedings, World Green Roof Congress/ Welt Gründach-Kongress, 15-16. September, 2005. Basel Switzerland, p. 3. [ View ]

Slone, Daniel K.. Integrating Green Roofs and Low Impact Design into Municipal Storm Water Regulations. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 5. [ View ]

Smith, Chris S.. The Sustainability Value of the Green Roof as a Water Recycling System (GROW) in Urban Locations. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago 2003, p. 9. [ View ]

Takebayashi, Hideki. Surface Heat Budget on Green Roof and High Reflection Roof for Mitigation of Urban Heat Island. Building and Environment, p. Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 2971-2979. [ View ]

Tan, Puay Yok. Thermal Benefits of Rooftop Gardens in Singapore. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Chicago, IL, May 30, 2003, p. 9. [ View ]

Taylor, Brian. Seattle Green Roof Evaluation Project: An Introduction. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Washington, 2005, p. 16 pages. [ View ]

Taylor, Brian. Planning a Green Roof Storm Runoff Monitoring System. Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Boston, 2006, p. 17 pages. [ View ]

Tay|Wong|Ong|Sia|Wong, Su Fen|Raymond|Chui Leng|Angela|Nyuk Hien. Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Rooftop Gardens in Singapore. Building and Environment, Vol. 38, 2003, p. 499-509. [ View ]

Teemusk|Mander, Alar|Ulo. Rainwater Runoff Quantity and Quality Performance From a Greenroof: The Effects of Short-Term Events. Ecological Engineering, doi 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.01.009, p. [ View ]

Villarreal, E. L.. Response of a Sedum Green-Roof to Individual Rain Events. Ecological Engineering, p. pp. 1-7. [ View ]

Wong, N.H.. The effects of rooftop garden on energy consumption of a commercial building in Singapore. Energy and Buildings 35, p. 353-364. [ View ]

Wong, Nyuk Hien. Investigation of thermal benefits of rooftop garden in the tropical environment. Building and Environment 38 (2003), p. 261-270. [ View ]