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New Issue of Living Architecture Monitor Available Online Now

We’re excited to see that this quarter’s issue of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ Living Architecture Magazine has been released and is posted online. This edition is themed the ‘Community Health Issue’. It touches on green healthcare infrastructure, California’s new … Continue reading

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“We’ve got way too much concrete here”

Here is a link to an article about the state of green roofs (and green infrastructure in general) in Northern New Jersey. Greensulate is slated to install a handful of new green roofs and walls in Northern Jersery in the … Continue reading

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Amy Norquist Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article Today

Our CEO and visionary, Amy Norquist, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal today. The piece highlights initiatives by the Durst Organization to incorporate closed loop compost systems in it’s Manhattan high-rise buildings. As usual, Amy lists the many values … Continue reading

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Greensulate installs Jakob system at NYC’s LREI High School

To ring in 2013, the Greensulate crew installed a steel-rope trellis system in the courtyard at the Little Red School House Elizabeth Irwin High School, in lower Manhattan. We are proud of our team’s hard work and quite pleased with … Continue reading

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The Greensulate crew sponsored and attended a dinner held by the New Jersey chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council on Tuesday night. Greensulate’s long time friend and colleague Dr. Stuart Gaffin (pictured) spoke at the event to a captivated … Continue reading

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Greensulate Sponsors USGBC Dinner, Tomorrow Night

The US Green Building Council’s North Branch is holding a networking event tomorrow night at 6pm in West Orange, NJ. The event, sponsored by Greensulate, will feature a presentation by Columbia University’s Dr. Stuart Gaffin. Professor Gaffin (with whom Greensulate has … Continue reading

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Walla Walla Hospital Green Roof

In Walla Walla, Washington, the Providence St. Mary Medical Center is currently installing a Green Roof, the first of its kind for the ‘town so nice they named it twice’. In addition to the commonly noted benefits of reducing storm … Continue reading

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FoodDay 2012 and Rooftop Farms

Yesterday, the Mott Haven Academy Charter School in the Bronx revealed a new rooftop vegetable garden. The unveiling was held in conjunction with the commencement of FoodDay 2012, a national celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainable food, which entails more … Continue reading

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Greensulate at the 10th Anniversary GRHC Conference in Chicago.

Our CEO and visionary, Amy Norquist, is in Chicago today for the GRHC 10th anniversary Green Roof conference. In conjunction with this week’s conference, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the Toronto-based organization, is publishing a handsome new book called The … Continue reading

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Greensulate Greenroof featured at Untapped NY

This morning, untapped New York posted an article about one of our projects in Manhattan, NYC. The author recently took a tour of the roof, located in the East Village, with our Project Director, Christian Toebe. In addition to featuring … Continue reading

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