green roof

noun

1. a roof covered with vegetation, designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation

Example Sentences

Amazingly, the rest of the landscape is a kind of green roof as well, sitting atop a 2,400-spot underground parking structure — available to those visiting the Lucas or any of Expo Park’s other institutions.

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Officials say it is also a symbol of the city’s desire to host a “sustainable” games, having been built with recycled materials and wood and featuring a green roof.

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A Dartmouth-led research team set out to determine if managing green roof soil microbes could boost healthy urban soil development, a methodology that could be applied to support climate resilience in cities.

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The team created an experimental green roof in Chicago to test how enhancing soil with native prairie microbes would change the soil microbial community over time.

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The researchers added soil rich with native mycorrhizal fungi obtained from a local restored prairie, referred to as "inoculum," to the experimental green roof's soil.

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