The Green Roof

They fall into three main categories extensive intensive and semi intensive.

The green roof. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane. Long popular in europe green rooftops have begun to appeal to homeowners businesses and even cities as an attractive way to promote environmentalism while solving the problems of conventional roofs. Green roofs are also known as vegetative or eco roofs. A green roof system is an extension of the existing roof which involves at a minimum high quality water proofing root repellent system drainage system filter cloth a lightweight growing medium and plants.

Green roofs for healthy cities grhc is the north american industry association for the green roof and wall sectors. A green roof is a layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system that is installed on top of a flat or slightly sloped roof. Green roof systems may be modular with drainage layers filter cloth growing media and plants already prepared in movable often interlocking grids or loose laid built up whereby each component of the system may be installed separately. Grhc develops and protects the market by increasing the awareness of the economic social and environmental benefits of green roofs green walls and other forms of living architecture through education advocacy professional development and celebrations of excellence.

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