A new sustainability plan for downtown Denver has been approved by voters. The Green Roof initiative requires new Denver high rises to have a portion of their roofs covered by gardens or solar panels.

Denver’s voter-passed green roof ordinance could be in for big changes soon as city officials aim to make it more workable — and, in many cases, less costly to implement.

The green roof plan was raised from the dead thanks to a joint venture between Forest City Ratner and Greenland Holdings Group, ... The remaining architectural and engineering work is due to wrap up ...

But it's not easy being green. After 10 months of tireless work, ... Several large cities, like Toronto, San Francisco and Chicago, already have green roof plans in place.

As the Denver Green Roof Initiative takes effect this week, there still is plenty of uncertainty about how the voter-passed law will work -- and whether it will be changed.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission met yesterday for a second time to discuss the alterations for 104-106 South Street, which first appeared before the LPC in July. At that first hearing, the ...

The green roof, which will help ... and Eric Taylor work on the green roof at the new Rockford Construction offices at 601 First Street in ... The company plans to move up to 130 employees into ...

A green roof on San Francisco's Bernal Hill. (Credit: Courtesy of Ike Edeani) (This post originally appeared in the online science magazine Hawkmoth. Follow @HawkmothMag to discover more of their work ...

The roofs are one of the initiatives created under Mayor Michelle Wu’s Heat Plan and Boston’s Green New Deal.