What Do I Need To Know About Green Roofs?

A green roof is an extension of a new or existing roof that has a high-calibre waterproofing

and root-repellent system, a drainage system, a filter cloth, a lightweight growing medium and plants.

Drainage layers, filter cloths and growing plants may already be arranged in movable, interlacing grids in green roof systems. Or each piece may be installed singly. Green-roof development involves the creation of "contained" green space on top of a building.

As building, climates and client needs all differ, no single type of green roof works for all buildings. So your garden roof will be individual and not the same as anyone elses. Garden roofs are categorized as "intensive" or "extensive" based on the depth of growing medium.

An extensive roof has 6 inches or less of growing medium. It also has lower weight, plant diversity, costs and maintenance.

An intensive roof (with more than 6 inches of growing medium) tends to have greater plant diversity, as well as higher weight, costs and maintenance.

Green roofs can offer cost savings on heating and cooling. Outcomes alter according to size of the building, the climate and the sort of living roof. Normally a 6 inch extensive roof reduced heat gains by 95% and heat losses by 26% in comparison to a conventional roof.

By capturing and temporarily storing water, green roofs can decrease excessive volumes to reduce drain overflow. Living roofs also can minimize flooding and erosion damage to buildings, by reducing peak flows.

Some green roofs can provide provisions for wildlife, although they are not intended to be replacements for true natural areas. They can be part of a system to complement wildlife habitats inside an urban setting. In vastly populated areas, green roofs could represent island habitats or, better yet, stepping stones for wildlife movement. Even in tightly populated areas, green roofs can bring in birds and beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies.

Growing your own fruit and vegetables on your living roof can be advantageous to our pockets as well as our carbon footprints: it avoids the need to go to the shop when running out of fresh fruit and vegetables which will in turn lower the need to travel in your car.

The efficiency of crystalline silicon-based solar photovoltaic panels reduces as temperatures increase. A green roof can boost solar-panel efficiency, and the quantity of power they produce, by reducing the roof's surrounding temperature. Solar panels will also help protect the green roof from wind damage..

Green roof systems come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and overall everyone is a winner.Installation of the living roof is not time consuming nor very costly: the experts will lay a single ply roofing membrane down to stop water penetrating your home, then it is all down to you.

by: bobq45owar

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