Green Roofs & Walls

Green Roofs

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About Green Roofs

A green roof system is an extension of the existing roof
which involves a high quality water proofing and root
repellant system, a drainage system, filter cloth, a
lightweight growing medium and plants.
Green roof systems may be modular, with drainage layers,
filter cloth, growing media and plants already prepared in
movable, interlocking grids, or, each component of the
system may be installed separately. Green roof
development involves the creation of "contained" green
space on top of a human-made structure. This green space
could be below, at or above grade, but in all cases the
plants are not planted in the "ground'. Green roofs can
provide a wide range of public and private benefits.

Principal Green Roof Technology Components Source: National

Research Council, Institute for Research in Construction

http://www.greenroofs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=40

Two types of green roofs

Extensive green roofs range from one to five
inches in soil depth, normally consist of mosses,
herbs and grasses, and are built primarily for
their environmental benefits rather than public
access.
Intensive green roofs require at least a foot of
soil depth, an elaborate irrigation and drainage
system, and require maintenance. Intensive
green roofs contain trees and shrubs and are
typically designed to be publicly accessible.

Green roofs differ from a rooftop

garden or a container garden
because green roofs are an extension of
the actual roof.
This extension is created by using
a specially designed root repelling membrane
a drainage system
a lightweight growing medium,
and plants appropriate for the size and depth
of the green roof.

Some of the benefits green

roofs provide
include
storm water management (through
retention/filtration),
water and air quality improvement,
SMOG reduction
increased life expectancy of roof membranes
noise reduction
increased energy efficiency
and biodiversity preservation.

Green roof implementation has

been growing
Green roof implementation has been growing across
Europe since the 1980s. Stimulated largely by state
grants and municipal planning policies, countries such as
Germany now benefit from over 10 million square metres
of greened roof space.
Although leaks have been a fear and sometimes a
deterrent for developers considering a green roof this
is a misperception. Improved green roof technology has
produced reliable products such as waterproof
membranes and root-repelling agents, which prevent
roots from penetrating the roof deck

Greenhouse on roof is greenroof ?

Garden Shed - Raleigh, NC

http://www.asla.org/land/050205/greenroofcentral.html

Green Roof links

Building Biology and Ecology Institute (NZ)

Building Biology Australia
Centre for Green Roof Research (Penn, US)
Committee members only
Eco Media
Fytogreen Australia
Green Building Council of Australia
Green Roofs For Healthy Cities - US
Green Roofs US industry link
Healthy Buildings Australia
International Journal of Building and Environment
Restless Treehouse
Sustainable Cities Network
Sustainable insight bookstor
Sustainable Melbourne
Urban Design Forum
Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab
http://www.greenroofs.org/
http://www.urbanag.org.au/Greenroofs_Australia.html

GREEN ROOFS AUSTRALIA (GRA)

GRA HOME
GRA COMMITTEE SITE
GRA MEMBERS NEWSLETTER

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