Friday, 12 June 2009 00:00
Can green roofs encourage bad planning, TreeHugger asks
Written by Lenny Antonelli
In an interesting Treehugger slideshow on green roofs, a valid question is raised: while green roofs might have many environmental and economic advantages, do they also encourage bad planning by allowing buildings to be constructed in places they normally wouldn't be allowed?
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Lenny Antonelli
Lenny Antonelli is deputy editor of Passive House Plus. He also writes regularly for the Irish Times, and has contributed to a variety of other publications including the Sunday Times, the CS Monitor, Village, the Sunday Tribune amd the Dubliner. He is currently working on a radio documentary on Ireland's oceans.
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