Blue and green roofs can help combat urban challenges such as stormwater runoff and heat islands and are a small but growing ...

Many African nations provide financial incentives in the form of grants, subsidies, or tax credits for sustainable building ...

Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

Cassiano is the founder of Teto Verde Favela, a nonprofit that teaches favela residents how to build their own green roofs as a way to beat the heat without overloading electrical grids or ...

It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro's Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva's roof. Students from both the neighborhood ...