Us Green Roof

The concept of extensive green roofs is to design a rugged durable roof that requires little maintenance and no human interaction.

Us green roof.

What is a 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. Green roofs are also known as vegetative or eco roofs. Used vegetation consists of hardy weather resistant plants that can adapt to extreme climates.

The all in one green roof system patented in 2000 hydropack is a modular green roof solution that is the result of 20 years of experience in green roofing and is the only tray to contain all the components essential for a successful rooftop garden. These systems reduce roof temperatures and thereby save electricity and are great for almost every application including residences apartment buildings condominiums townhouses retail buildings schools malls and hi rises. Intensive green roofs on the other hand more so resemble a traditional roof. 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.

Well designed engineered and maintained green roofs provide multiple environmental social economic and aesthetic benefits. A reflective roof coating or white roof is the best known and most applied of all green roof systems. They fall into three main categories extensive intensive and semi intensive.