New Study Shows White Roofs are Three Times More Efficient than Green Roofs
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Although having a garden on the roof of your house might look great, a lot of evidence suggests that roofs painted white are much better for the environment. A recent study published in the Energy and Building Journal compared three types of roofs-green, black and white-and came to the conclusion not only that white roofs have great economic benefits, but are also three times more effective than the other two at fighting climate change. Read the rest of New Study Shows White Roofs are Three Times More Efficient than Green Roofs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , eco-friendly roofs , environmental study , green roofs , heat island effect , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , reflective roofs , roof gardens , scientific study , Stanford University study , sustainable white roofs , white roofs , white roofs climate change
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New Study Shows White Roofs are Three Times More Efficient than Green Roofs
La Petite Ceinture is a Waste-Free Traveling Market on a Train in Paris
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La Petite Ceinture traveling market takes abandoned Parisian train lines and converts them into low-impact infrastructures for easily transportable markets. The project envisions a less polluting alternative to traditional markets and one that rehabilitates decommissioned or underused urban networks. It was designed by by Amílcar Ferreira and Marcelo Fernandes as an entry for the 2013 M.ART Opengap Competition , which focuses on redefining the concept of the “market” as a commercial space. Read the rest of La Petite Ceinture is a Waste-Free Traveling Market on a Train in Paris Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green markets , green transportation , La Petite Ceinture market , M.ART Opengap Competition , Paris abandoned railway , Paris infrastructure , railway infrastructure , railway reuse , train market Paris , traveling markets
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La Petite Ceinture is a Waste-Free Traveling Market on a Train in Paris