http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/09/29/the-advantages-of-covering-ones-roof-with-plants/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/09/29/the-advantages-of-covering-ones-roof-with-plants/#comment-14661 xiaogou Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:55:08 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1628#comment-14661 There was an article I read that a hotel in Canada was using the rooftop as a garden for growing herbs. Not so much as a green roof, but it probably help and it also allowed the restraunt in the hotel serve better meals as the herbs are fresh not dried. In China many of the newer apartment buildings have gardens and trees growing on the roof. They also hang laundry and spend family time up on the roof. I am not sure if it is having an impact on the usage of electricity, but it does help them socially. In other parts of the world I have seen some very strange housing. In Australia there are underground houses the uses the dirt and rock to insulate the house from the extreme heat of the Australian desert. Many of the houses along the Pacific uses open wall architecture to allow the wind to cool the houses. On the otherhand I have seen a university in the same area build a building totally enclosed and set the thermostats at 63 degrees because that woudl save money (On the continental United State during winter.) I sometimes wonder if that is higher education. There was an article I read that a hotel in Canada was using the rooftop as a garden for growing herbs. Not so much as a green roof, but it probably help and it also allowed the restraunt in the hotel serve better meals as the herbs are fresh not dried.
In China many of the newer apartment buildings have gardens and trees growing on the roof. They also hang laundry and spend family time up on the roof. I am not sure if it is having an impact on the usage of electricity, but it does help them socially.
In other parts of the world I have seen some very strange housing. In Australia there are underground houses the uses the dirt and rock to insulate the house from the extreme heat of the Australian desert. Many of the houses along the Pacific uses open wall architecture to allow the wind to cool the houses. On the otherhand I have seen a university in the same area build a building totally enclosed and set the thermostats at 63 degrees because that woudl save money (On the continental United State during winter.) I sometimes wonder if that is higher education.

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