Vegetated Green Roof

Skyscape vegetative roof systems provide designers and building owners a full range of design solutions that meet the vision for the space.

Vegetated green roof.

Although there are no precise definitions of them an extensive green roof has a shallow growing medium usually less than six inches with a modest roof load limited plant diversity minimal. Chicago is the green roof capital of the u s. They fall into three main categories extensive intensive and semi intensive. Our commitment to full service extends to our tremcare green vegetated roof maintenance program which provides preventive maintenance and housekeeping to keep your roof thriving and a 24 7 leak response hotline.

In support of the city s broad interest in green roofs the cda has installed 529 385 square feet over 10 acres of vegetated green roofs at o hare including the first vegetated roof ever installed on an airport traffic control tower administration building. Tremcare green is available for any vegetated roof. Replacing the impervious surface of a conventional roof with. Siplast offers a complete package of accessories for vegetated green roof applications including sedum mats growing medium drainage mats and pedestals and pavers.

Henry 790 11 hot rubberized fluid asphalt is formulated to provide a monolithic fully bonded roofing and waterproofing membrane. Using green roofs in cities or other built environments with limited vegetation can moderate the heat island effect particularly during the day. Vegetated green roof systems. Integrated irrigation rotary heads can be pre installed into the module.

Vegetative roofs also known as green roofs are thin layers of living vegetation installed on top of conventional flat or sloping roofs. Garden roof assembly hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology. It is the ideal choice when waterproofing both intensive and extensive vegetative roofing assemblies. A green roof or rooftop garden is a vegetative layer grown on a rooftop.

Projects where the roofer is the green roof installer. We have chosen to use the word vegetative rather than the word green in this guide because a non vegetative roof could be considered to be environmentally green without being vegetative. Green roofs provide shade remove heat from the air and reduce temperatures of the roof surface and surrounding air. Green roofs are also referred to as eco roofs oikosteges vegetated roofs living roofs greenroofs and vcp h horizontal vegetated complex partitions.

Green roofs are also known as vegetative or eco roofs. Markets where tray systems are more popular than bip systems. Green roof assembly with henry 790 11 hot rubberized asphalt waterproofing system. Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures.