Green Roof Survery 2014

The green infrastructure collaborative along with twenty organizations epa 2014.

Green roof survery 2014.

Green roof terminology came from germany more than 100 years ago. For example the germans described roofs as intensive or extensive depending on their depth just as we do today in the united states. This year wagnerhodgson received the prestigious 2014 design honor award from the american society of landscape architects for the firm s green roof design at salem state university s residence. He points to the recent bibliothèque du boisé a 30 million project that features a green roof and is aiming for leed gold.

Unlike traditional black tar roofs green roofs reduce energy costs by absorbing heat instead of attracting it and. The popularity of green roofs has increased in the united states due to their many benefits while pretty green roofs serve a much greater purpose than simple beautification. Green roof resourcesmost information on green roofs is aimed at big buildings but a few solid residential resources exist. Impact of green roof on the urban heat island effect 43 urbanheatisland oc local time li et al 2014 44.

Extensive green roofs have media depths ranging from 5 15 cm whereas intensive green roofs have media. According to their 2015 report there was a green roof stock of 86 million square metres in germany in 2014 and about another 8 million square metres were added every year. A green roof also known as a rooftop garden or a living roof is a vegetative layer grown on a rooftop. As a roof type that requires frequent maintenance intensive systems can be thought of as gardens on a roof in contrast with an extensive green roof there are almost unlimited possibilities.

The european federation of green roof associations has collected data about green roofs within europe. First grab small green roofs. The design by gensler with a lower level garden by landscape architects oehme van sweden sets the center for landscape architecture up to act as a leader in workplace. Intensive roofs have growth media deeper than 6 inches and extensive roofs have growth media shallower than 6 inches.

There are two types of green roofs. This system requires some maintenance from time to time these green roof systems lie between the extensive and the intensive and usually include a mix of plant types. How is the green roof market developing. Desousa who received the 2014 government leadership award from the canadian green building council cagbc says that the administration started off by promoting sustainable development on its own buildings.

Builders coakley williams construction installed green walls opened up the roof for a three story atrium and dug into the earth to bury a stormwater collection cistern.