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Included in the addition and renovation to the Bayview Glen School is this living roof. Not only does it provide respite from the urban surroundings, it provides students an opportunity to interact with the environment.

The living roofs on this private residence are expansive and enhance the integration of the home with its surroundings.

These living roofs are incorporated into the architecture of Centennial College’s Ashtonbee Campus renewal. Incorporating innovative engineering and sustainability features, this building achieved LEED Gold status.

Divided into three section and covering a significant portion of the school’s roof, this living roof provides energy savings while enhancing the learning environment of the school’s students by bringing nature closer to the classroom.

Located above the cafeteria, this green roof helps reduce the building’s cooling load, thereby contributing to the overall reduction in energy costs.

Providing extensive vegetated cover, this living roof improves energy efficiency while mitigating the urban heat island effect and enhancing the building’s aesthetic appeal.

Located on the garage roof of a private residence, this living roof provides energy savings while enhancing the view for the home’s residents.

Designed to help Station 106 integrate into its surrounding environment, this green roof provides energy savings to the building and contributed to its winning the Award of Excellence in the 2013 Urban Design Awards.

Goodes Hall, home of Queen’s University School of Business, blends an old Victorian schoolhouse with contemporary architecture; these three living roofs, building on the centuries’ old tradition of vegetated roofs, contributes to the fusion of old and new.

Visible from the building’s amenity space and resident balconies, these two living roofs bring nature to the residents of this condominium dwelling.