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- Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State University - To demonstrate and promote green roof research, education, and technology in the Northeastern United States. Includes news, research, faculty profiles, and links.
- City of Chicago: City Hall Rooftop Garden - Includes design considerations, construction timeline, plants and landscaping [PDF], and monitoring methods and results.
- D.C. Greenworks - Nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. providing job training and design, consulting, and installation services relating to rainwater management.
- Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative - Supporting the creation of green roofs upon New York City's flat rooftops. Includes rationale, research, projects, workshops, and resources.
- Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - Dedicated to creating a green roof marketplace in North America. Includes news, upcoming events, FAQ, projects, public policies, and research.
- Greenroofs.com - Information about green roof architecture including history, advantages and issues, plant lists, markets in North America and Europe, case studies, events, and links.
- LIDC: Green Roofs - Includes design plans, specifications, costs, and maintenance.
- Livingroofs.org - Non-profit UK organisation promoting green roofs. Includes roof types, benefits, issues, research, list of applications in the UK, case studies, and suppliers.
- Northwest EcoBuilding Guild: Green Roof Project - Developing the technology for wide-scale residential application in the Pacific Northwest. Includes photo gallery, plant list, soils, monitoring options, and links.
- Portland Environmental Services: Ecoroof Program - Includes program information and links to PDF documents.
- National Geographic News: Plant-Covered Roofs Ease Urban Heat - The promotion of green roofs by city governments in Canada, Japan, and the United States. (November 15, 2002)
- EDC Magazine: Green Roofs: Stormwater Management From the Top Down - Article by Katrin Scholz-Barth of HOK discussing green roofs in an urban setting. (January 15, 2001)
- Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce : Green Building Starts at the Top - Article by Elizabeth Daniel about the architecture and its application in Seattle. (September 15, 2000)
- Green Roofs Cool City Rooftop Gardens in Chicago to Fight Smog, Heat - Why city officials are encouraging green roofs. (April 5, 1999)
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