November 27th, 2020
Via Fast Company, a look at a plan to turn parking garages into rooftop gardens: There are more than 41,000 parking spaces in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. Many of them could be put to better use, says Julian Anderson, a director at the large Australian architecture firm Bates Smart. “It’s the third largest […]
Read more »Green Shoots: Rooftop Farming Takes Off In Singapore
October 3rd, 2020
Via Seed Daily, a report on growing interest in rooftop farming in Singapore: On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state’s business district. The 10,000 square-foot (930 square-metre) site is among a growing number of […]
Read more »July 11th, 2020
Via The Economist, a report on how Singapore looks to the skies—for fields: Benjamin Swan’s farm is on the fourth floor of an office building in an industrial part of Singapore. To see his crops, visitors are escorted past a door unlocked with a thumbprint and through an airlock. (“Our air is certified,” says an assistant.) […]
Read more »The World’s Largest Urban Farm – Built On A Rooftop
July 8th, 2020
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on the world’s largest urban farm – built on a rooftop: On top of a striking new exhibition hall in the southern 15th arrondissement of Paris, the world’s largest urban rooftop farm has started to bear fruit. Strawberries, to be precise: small, intensely flavoured and resplendently red. They sprout abundantly […]
Read more »June 11th, 2020
Via The Times of Malta, a report on the economic benefits of green roofs: June 6 marked the very first World Green Roof Day. For a world just emerging from the isolation of lockdown into social distancing, the presence and importance of nature in our lives has become acutely evident. Stuck at home, our only […]
Read more »Bangladesh’s Largest Solar Rooftop Deal
March 21st, 2020
Via PV Magazine, a report on Bangladesh’s largest industrial solar rooftop project to date: Dhaka-based renewables developer Joules Power Limited will install Bangladesh’s largest industrial solar rooftop – a 3.1 MW system in the Narayanganj district near the capital. The 33,000m2 array will cover multiple buildings owned by textile company Robintex Group, which will buy the electricity generated by the […]
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