Organic Green Roof Architecture

Growing a new roof sustainably.

Organic green roof architecture.

Financial benefits as well as providing a stunning visual statement of your environmental principles they can also save you money by trebling the lifespan of your waterproofing adding thermal mass to the building which can reduce energy inputs. The key goal of green roof landscape architecture is to minimize harm to our health and environment while benefiting both. Design considerations and system components. In a nutshell green roof architecture design outperforms any other type of conventional building with its focus on the environment.

Most green roof growing mediums consist primarily of inorganic material about 70 to 80 percent such as utelite shale which expands when heated up to 2 000 degrees and the remainder is organic matter. In the most basic sense green roofs are a layered combination of vegetation and membrane over a building that can help insulate and provide water management. Organic roofs can advise on local biodiversity priorities and help you design your roof to emulate the habitats of target species in your area. Environmental quality management summer 2005 by linda s.

Wiley periodicals inc. In the summer 2005 issue of this journal i introduced the concept of greenroofs vegetated covers installed atop roof decks.