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Green Roofs Offer Significant Benefits in Urban Storm Water Mitigation
Green roofs are an effective approach to managing storm water runoff from rooftops. As a result, they are growing in use in urban areas where space constraints limit the use of other storm water management practices.
By Damla Boyer
June 10, 2019
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by Damla Boyer
Damla Boyer is the North America product manager for Liquid Waterproofing at GCP Applied Technologies, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has a background in chemistry and material science, as well as waterproofing and building materials development. She can be reached via email at damla.k.boyer@gcpat.com.
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