The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/new-law-in-france-green-roofs-on-new-commercial-buildings/
Villa M - living walled building in Paris
https://triptyque.com/en/project/villa-m-en/
https://www.v2com-newswire.com/en/newsroom/categories/commercial-architecture/press-kits/2001-01/villa-m-takes-amazon-to-paris-with-tropical-building
https://www.treehugger.com/villa-m-paris-triptyque-architecture-5271129
https://inhabitat.com/green-building-design-was-inspired-by-the-amazon-rainforest/
Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale [FARMS] - US DOE funding large scale combined farm and solar projects
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/funding-notice-foundational-agrivoltaic-research-for-megawatt-scale-farms/
USDA now has an Office of Urban Agriculture
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/5/10/5-focus-points-for-the-usdas-new-office-of-urban-agriculture
email for more information or to comment: UrbanAgricultureFederalAdvisoryCommittee@usda.gov
Another vertical forest finished, this one in Huanggang, China
https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/easyhome-huanggang-vertical-forest-city-complex/
https://inhabitat.com/vertical-forest-apartment-has-an-astonishing-404-trees/
Rotterdam’s roofscape - greening 10 million square feet of rooftops
https://www.c40.org/case-studies/cities100-rotterdam-mitigation-meets-adaptation-on-rotterdam-s-rooftops/
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f082078d610926644d22e00/t/621e3b2a1ee23c373149cac0/1646148404157/URBANISTEN_Rotterdam_Rooftop_Potential_EN.pdf
https://www.fastcompany.com/90755913/inside-rotterdams-quest-to-green-10-million-square-feet-of-rooftops
Green walls for air purification
https://www.naava.io/en/
https://inhabitat.com/clean-the-air-in-your-home-with-green-walls-from-naava/
NYC AgTech Week 2022 will take place September 26 to October 1st 2022
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/6/23/nyc-agriculture-collective-thought-for-food-partner-for-nyc-agtech-week-2022
Bringing food production back to cities
https://www.meed.com/bringing-food-production-back-to-cities
Roof garden for an automobile factory in Turin, Italy - flowers and a test track
https://www.treehugger.com/biodiverse-roof-garden-added-to-iconic-lingotto-factory-in-turin-5496690
Australian food insecurity
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/28/australia-ill-prepared-for-food-insecurity-driven-by-war-and-climate-crisis-former-defence-leaders-say
Creativity breaking out on European rooftops
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/european-creative-rooftop-network-designs-public-spaces-for-roofs/
European Creative Rooftop Network
https://ecrn.city
Rooftopedia - compendium of projects
https://www.rooftopedia.ecrn.city
