Green Roofs Save Greenbacks

Just read an interesting article at MSNBC about green roofs in Chicago. Five years ago Chicago City Hall installed a 20,000 sq ft beauty. Sounds pretty cool. Apparently the new roof has already resulted in $25,000 in energy savings!
I knew they were great for stormwater control (the article mentions rooftop plants being able reduce stormwater by 60%) but didn’t realize they had such an impact on energy savings!

Mention of green roofs even being installed on some dog houses made me chuckle a little - but it also piqued my curiosity! A search for ‘dog house with a green roof’ on Google led me to this interesting article: DIY green “roof-roof” for Fido, which provides instructions for how to construct your very own dog house green roof!

Here is an image linked from the site:

Who says pets can’t be environmentalists too?

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Written by Bentley on October 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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