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Greenroofs Wallpapers from Desktop Nexus: Now you can download gorgeous vegetated rooftops for your desktop, laptop, iPhone, PSP, and others.

2009 Greenroofs of the World 12-Month Wall Calendar is available at only $12.95 each, including S&H, (less for quantity purchases)!

Our 11" x 18" full-color glossy 2009 Calendar is full of beautiful living roof projects from Spain, Canada, Germany and across the U.S., plus green building events from all over the world.
 
The 2009 Greenroofs of the World 12-Month Wall Calendar: January features "Frankfurt International Airport" in Frankfurt, Germany.

Frankfurt International is Germany and Europe's largest airport, and traffic systems and other services offered by Fraport AG are distinguished by a high degree of functionality and minimum land use.  Plants are used extensively on building facades, within inside courts and on top of other airport roofs; approximate area greenroofed at FRA is half a million square feet.

Jerusalem, Israel
Green roof system to take root in Jerusalem schools
Zafrir Rinat of Ha'aretz reports that Jerusalem is following other world cities in adopting a greenroof agenda to improve the quality of life in the city, reduce pollution and noise and improve buildings' insulation and energy consumption, acknowledging that they increase the "the variety of animals in the city and improve the city's facade."  [1.23.09]

Pittsburgh, PA.
YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh Receives $500000 from McAuley Ministries for New Hill YMCA Roof
The $500,000 grant will help fund the construction of a green rooftop terrace for the new Thelma Lovette YMCA which  will provide a safe playground for children participating in the YMCA's youth programs, outdoor exercise space for adults, and vegetative screened fence and a flexible space for family and community activities. PR Newswire. [1.22.09]

Seattle, WA.
City says new townhouse standards will improve neighborhoods
Ballard News Tribune staff says current green construction and landscaping requirements could be increased 15 to 20 percent, allowing greenroofs and vegetated walls to qualify. Where additional development capacity is allowed, the development must also meet LEED Silver or Built Green Four Star construction standards. [1.22.09]

Gothenburg, Sweden
Sweden's Sweeping Green Roofed Hillside City
Inhabitat's Mike Chino shares how the Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects New Heden transforms a vacant city block into a self-contained sustainable city project that is "nestled beneath an undulating series of rolling green roofs" and envisioned as a "green lung." [1.19.09]

Chicago, IL.
Planning for Chicago's future requires Burnham style vision and a big pair of green tinted glasses
"Burnham 2.0: A Composite Plan for the High-Speed Rail City" is a forward-looking exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, and the show's green aspirations include visions for new parks to be built over the highway with terrarium-like scoops admitting light to the drivers below and a mostly-underground station with a folded green roof that forms a kind of riverfront park. Blair Kamin of The Skyline reporting. [1.10.09]

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