{"id":2265,"date":"2009-05-09T13:34:43","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T17:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2009-05-09T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T17:36:27","slug":"greenroofing-towns-and-cities-in-orissa-and-india-collection-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/2265","title":{"rendered":"Greenroofing towns and cities in Orissa and India: collection in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most building roofs in India are flat, and this is ideal for having green roofs. Green roofing the buildings has many advantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decreases the temperature of the building, and the surroundings<\/li>\n<li>Puts less pressure in the drainage system; especially useful in towns like Cuttack which do not have proper drainage systems.<\/li>\n<li>More space for planting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, it is good for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Here I will collect links on Greenroofing and use it to encourage my friends and family to have green roofs in their homes and buildings in Orissa. I hope the Government of Orissa and some of the city authorities will aso encourage this in Orissa and its cities and towns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenroofs.com\/Greenroofs101\/\" target=\"_self\">Greenroofs101<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.net\/backgroundpdf\/Green%20Roofs%20Student%20background.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Growing your roof <\/a>(pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greeninfrastructurewiki.com\/page\/3GR:+Green+Roof?t=anon\" target=\"_self\">Greenroof infrastructure wiki<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asla.org\/profpractice\/practice_LATIS.htm\" class=\"external\">a book on green roofs as part of its LATIS series<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/greenroofs.org\/\" class=\"external\">http:\/\/greenroofs.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/greenroofs.com\/\" class=\"external\">http:\/\/greenroofs.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greenroofplants.com\/\" class=\"external\">http:\/\/www.greenroofplants.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/roofmeadow.com\/\" class=\"external\">http:\/\/roofmeadow.com\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roofmeadow.com\/faqs\/faqs.php\" target=\"_self\">FAQ<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chesterfield.gov\/communityDevelopment\/Engineering\/LIDGrant\/Greenroof\/20Liptan.pdf\" class=\"external\">ECOROOFS (GREENROOFS) &ndash; A MORE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Pomegranate Center&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pomegranate.org\/WPC-edit-content\/publications\/Pomegrante-Center-Greenroof-Manual-2005.pdf\" class=\"external\">Homeowner Green Roof Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Pennsylvania State University Center for Green Roof Research <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/web.me.com\/rdberghage\/Centerforgreenroof\/Home.html\" class=\"external\">http:\/\/web.me.com\/rdberghage\/Centerforgreenroof\/Home.html )<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.caseytrees.org\/pdfs\/Green+Roof+Vision+for+DC+-+Abstract+082505.pdf\" class=\"external\">Casey Trees Study for Green Roofs in DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unri.org\/webcasts\/archive\/january-2008\/\" class=\"external\">Urban Natural Resources Institute January 2008 Webinar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandonline.com\/shared\/cfm\/image.cfm?id=210845\" class=\"external\">City of Portland&#8217;s Ecoroof Plant Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/greenroofs.org\/grtok\/\" class=\"external\">Green Roof Tree of Knowledge (GRTOK)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aibs.org\/bioscience-press-releases\/resources\/11-07.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Green roofs as urban ecosystems<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deq.state.mi.us\/documents\/deq-ess-p2-p2week-greenroofresources.doc\" target=\"_self\">What are green roofs<\/a> (word)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most building roofs in India are flat, and this is ideal for having green roofs. Green roofing the buildings has many advantages: Decreases the temperature of the building, and the surroundings Puts less pressure in the drainage system; especially useful in towns like Cuttack which do not have proper drainage systems. More space for planting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greenroofing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}