Green Roof Magazine

Green roof resourcesmost information on green roofs is aimed at big buildings but a few solid residential resources exist.

Green roof magazine.

Stories about architecture with green roofs including homes with living roofs buildings topped with gardens and grassy plains used as sports pitches. The boral steel cool roof system manufactured by boral roofing is a high performance roofing solution designed to keep the home warmer in winter and cooler in summer. The system consists of boral steel stone coated steel roofing a lightweight roofing material at just 1 5 pounds. The living architecture monitor s mission is to increase awareness of the economic social and environmental benefits of green roofs walls and other forms of living architecture.

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. Garden roof assembly hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology. Connecticut river valley landscape visualized chris mcgee lam art director as always you can buy this issue of landscape architecture magazine at more than 700 bookstores including many university stores and. An extensive green roof on the other hand is a thinner lighter version that looks more similar to a standard roof.

Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures. Toronto was the first city in north america to pass a green roof law in 2009 requiring new buildings or additions that are greater than 21 000 square feet to cover between 20 and 60 percent of. From remnant to whole in the october 2017 issue about the university of massachusetts amherst s new design school and landscape by stephen stimson associates. The journal of living architecture jliv is the peer reviewed journal of the green infrastructure foundation gif a charitable 501 c 3 organization affiliated with green roofs for healthy cities grhc founded to respond to the need for greater awareness and resources to promote the design installation and maintenance of green infrastructure in local communities.

First grab small green roofs. It can be sloped or flat. Replacing the impervious surface of a conventional roof with. 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.