Articles
Plant cover and biomass change on extensive green roofs over a decade and ten lessons learned. MacIvor, S.J., Appleby, M., Miotto, S., Rosenblat, Margolis, L. Journal of Environmental Management. 2024
Biochar and vegetation effects on discharge water quality from organic-substrate green roofs. Liao, W., Sidhu, V., Sifton M.A., Margolis, L., Drake, J., Thomas, S.C. Science of The Total Environment. 2024
GreenRoofNet: Integrating High-Resolution Aerial Imagery with Deep Learning for Efficient Green Roof Monitoring. Halim, M.A., Liao, W., Kayes, I., Drake, J., Margolis, L., Wunch, D., Thomas, S.C. EGU General Assembly. 2024
Influence of Biochar Amendment on Runoff Retention and Vegetation Cover for Extensive Green Roofs. Saade, J., Cazares, S.P., Liao, W., Frizzi, G., Sidhu, V., Margolis, L., Thomas, S.C., Drake, J. Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference. 2023.
Biochar granulation, particle size, and vegetation effects on leachate water quality from a green roof substrate. Liao, W., Drake, J., Thomas, S.C. Science of the Total Environment. 2022
Greenroof Companion Planting. Miotto, S., Margolis, L. Ground Magazine – The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. 2022
Impact of design variables on hydrologic and thermal performance of green, blue-green and blue roofs. Almaaitah, T., Drake, J., Joksimovic, D. Blue-Green Systems. 2022
The Potential of Blue-Green Infrastructure As a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: A Systematic Literature Review. Almaaitah, T., Appleby, M., Rosenblat, H., Drake, J., Joksimovic, D. Blue-Green Systems. 2021
Interactive effects of biochar and N-fixing cover crops on growth and physiology of Acer saccharinum. Sifton, M., Smith, S.M., Thomas, S.C. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 2021
Biochar granulation enhances plant performance on a green roof substrate. Liao, W., Drake, J., Thomas, S.C. Science of the Total Environment. 2021
Greenhouse gases and green roofs: carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in relation to substrate characteristics. Halim, M.A., Vantellingen, J., Gorgolewski, A.S., Rose, W.K., Drake, J., Margolis, L., Thomas, S.C,. Urban Ecosystems. 2021
To Sedum or Not to Sedum: Improving Extensive Green Roof Functioning Using Invasion Theory as a Management Tool. Wang, J., MacIvor, J., Cadotte, M. University of Toronto Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2020
An experimental and modeling study of evapotranspiration from integrated green roof photovoltaic systems. Jahanfar, A., Drake, J., Gharabaghi, B., Sleep, B. Ecological Engineering, 152. 2020.
Hydrological and Life Cycle Assessment of Green Roof Photovoltaic Systems. Jahanfar, A., Drake, J., Sleep, B. University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering. 2019.
A modified FAO evapotranspiration model for refined water budget analysis for Green Roof systems. Jahanfar, A., Drake, J., Sleep, B., & Gharabaghi, B. Ecological Engineering, 119, 45–53. 2018.
Performance of Green Roof Integrated Solar Photovoltaics in Toronto. El Helow, D., Drake J. University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering. 2018.
Designing Green Roofs for Low Impact Development: What Matters, and Why? Hill, J., Drake J., Sleep, B. University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering. 2017.
The Comparative Impacts of Meadow and Sedum Species on Green Roof Hydrology. Fryer, M., Drake, J. University of Toronto Department of Civil Engineering. 2017.
Data-Driven Design: Research into Green Roof Performance. Margolis, L. Ground Magazine. Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. Issue 36, 24-27. 2017.
Digging Deep: Unearthing the Truth about Green Roof Growing Media. El-Shayeb, H., Margolis, L., Drake, J. SABMag. Winter 2017/18: 26-28.
Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators. Howell, C., Drake, J., Margolis, L. The Conversation. October 17, 2017.
How green roofs can protect city streets from flooding. Howell, C., Drake, J., Margolis, L. The Conversation. August 21, 2017.
Unifying Visualization of Hydrologic, Thermal and Plant Growth Performance in Green Roofs. Margolis, L., Hooke, A., Javet, V. SimAUD, Toronto, Canada. Society for Modelling & Simulation International, May 22-24 2017.
Energy and Carbon-Emission Analysis of Integrated Green-Roof Photovoltaic Systems: Probabilistic Approach. Jahanfar, A., Sleep, B., Drake, J. Journal of Infrastructural Systems. American Society of Civil Engineers 04017044, 2017.
Testing the Potential Synergy of Green Roof-Integrated Photovoltaics at the University of Toronto Green Roof Innovation Testing (GRIT) Laboratory. El Helow, D., Drake, J., Margolis, L. 32nd RCI International Convention and Trade Show, Anaheim, CA, March 16-21, 2017.
Influences of Four Extensive Green Roof Design Variables on Stormwater Hydrology. Hill, J., Drake, J., Sleep, B. Margolis, L. Journal of Hydrological Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers 04017019, 2017.
Data-Driven Design: Research into Green Roof Performance. Margolis, L. Ground Magazine. Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. Issue 36, 24-27. 2017.
Air temperature cooling by extensive green roofs in Toronto Canada. MacIvor, J.S., Margolis, L., Perotto, M., Drake, J. Ecological Engineering 95: 36-42. 2017.
Shading Effects of Photovolatic Panels on the Evapotranspiration Process in Extensive Green Roofs. Jahanfar, A., Drake, J., Sleep, B. and Margolis, L. 9th International Novatech Conference, Lyon, France, June 28, 2016.
Comparisons of extensive green roof media in Southern Ontario. Hill, J., Drake, J., Sleep, B. Ecological Engineering 94: 418-426. 2016.
Building height matters: nesting activity of bees and wasps on vegetated roofs. MacIvor, J.S. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution. Taylor & Francis. 62:1-2, 88-96. 2016.
True Grit: How ‘Green’ is Green Building Technology? Margolis, L. Landscapes | Paysages: Landscape Architecture in Canada. The Canadian Association of Landscape Architects. 17:1, 54-57. 2015.
Exotics on exotics: Pollen analysis of urban bees visiting Sedum on a green roof. MacIvor, J.S., Ruttan, A., Salehi, B. Urban Ecosystems 18.2: 419-430. 2015.
Quantifying the Hydrological Performance of Extensive Vegetative Roofs. Hill, J., Perotto, M. and Yoon, C. 30th International RCI Convention and Trade Show, San Antonio, TX, March 5-10, 2015. 43-50. 2015.
Cooling of a South-Facing Wall Using Double-Skin Green Façade in a Temperate Climate. MacIvor, J.S and Margolis, L. International Plant Propagators’ Society 2014 Annual Meeting, Niagara, ON, Canada, September 20, 2014. ISHS, 2015. 64, 185-194. 2015.
Retrofitting rooftops to support multiple Green Infrastructure systems. Drake, J., Margolis, L., Mishriki, G. and Sleep, B. International Low Impact Development Conference, Houston, TX, January 19-21, 2015. Ed. Michale Barrett. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 206-215. 2015.
Success and Succession. Hill, J. and McGlade, T. Cities Alive 12th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference, Nashville, TN, USA, November 12-15, 2014.
Experimental Design of Energy Performance Simulation for Building Envelopes Integrated with Vegetation. Li, X., Byrne, U. and Kesik, T. Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD ’14), Society for Computer Simulation International, Tampa, FL, USA, April 13-16, 2014.
Decoupling factors affecting plant diversity and cover on extensive green roofs. MacIvor, J.S., Margolis, L., Puncher, C.L., Matthews, B.C. Journal of Environmental Management 130: 297-305. 2013.