Saturday, January 28, 2012

Member Zone: Login or Register

Subscribe: Newsletter | Magazine

Rainwater Warehouse launches rainwater harvesting e-commerce site

Rainwater Warehouse launches rainwater harvesting e-commerce site

January 24, 2012

Florida-based Rainwater Warehouse has launched a new website offering a complete range of rainwater harvesting systems and products. According to Principal, Jack Burden, Rainwater Warehouse provides a complete range of residential & commercial rainwater harvesting products. The company offers packaged solutions directly to green build developers, builders as well as homeowners. They also...

[Compact Equipment]

Tracked compact backhoe loader

JCB's latest compact backhoe loader is a tracked machine designed with skid steer ability. The 1CX T concept machine is highly compact, manoeuvrable and productive, combining the...

[trailers and accessories, Trucks]

Roof-mounted ladder racks

Knaack LLC recently announced improvements to the design of its roof-mounted ladder rack equipment used on commercial vans and minivans. The new design features enhance the...

[Edgers, Handheld Power Tools]

Bed redefiner attachment

ECHO Incorporated recently introduced the Bed Redefiner Attachment for the company's popular Pro Attachment Series (PAS).   Designed for landscapers who only occasionally...

Editor's Comments »

On green roofs

June 18, 2009

 The concept of green roofs is not a new one.

Probably, the best and earliest known example of the concept would be the hanging gardens of Babylon, which were built somewhere around the 9th century, B.C. According to www.greenroofs.com, the inspiration for contemporary green roofs came from Iceland, where sod roofs and walls have been used for hundreds of years. 

The organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities states that “a green roof system is an...