DENVER -- Colorado State University professor Jennifer Bousselot is growing a garden on top of a building in Denver as part of her ongoing research into “green roofs” and her efforts to educate the public about their many benefits.
But more than that, Bousselot wants to show how cultivating gardens on rooftops — what she calls the most underused space in urban areas — can help restore nature to cities, reduce heat radiated by concrete and feed people.
Add an array of solar panels and Bousselot sees even bigger possibilities. She gave a TEDx talk in 2020 on agrivoltaics, or using a space for both solar generation and energy. She plans to grow plants under solar voltaic panels on the roof of a nearby building.
