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Installation is under way on the environmental green roof over the new CougarPlex at Illinois Central College. Chris Frye, principal design director at the PSA Dewberry offices in Chicago, said the 14,000-square-foot roof at ICC is one of the largest in downstate Illinois and is the fifth one the architectural firm designed. "Green roofs are a further integration of nature and architecture ...

Solar panels, green roofs and a geothermal system will be “LEEDing the way” to a greener future for the Morris Arboretum and Springfield Township.

Flat, black roofs are unbearably hot on summer days. Coating the roof white cools the roof, saves energy, cuts electric bills, makes the roof last 10 years longer, and lowers pollution to help the environment and improve air quality. As you can see in this local news feature, White Caps, Green Collars of St. Louis is here to help.

Green roof tech is heating up -- or rather, getting cooler, and the masterminds behind two promising sustainable rooftop inventions are actually still in high school.

Most buildings are designed to shed rain, and are built with hard, impenetrable roofing surfaces. As a result, rainwater bounces off and collects as runoff, picking up impurities, including infectious bacteria from animal waste, harmful pesticides and fertilizers. The runoff is then directed to municipal storm sewers, which in turn empty into local bodies of water.