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Post edited 6:14 am – June 21, 2009 by PlantHero

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 A couple of Greenroof facts and benefits:

12% of the roofs in Germany are Green Roofs. (Amazing – huh?)

Green Roofs can be designed with low maintenance  or with nice, higher maintenance plants. Green Roofs can be on slopes, which is pure genius.

Green Roofs cost between $10-15 per sq foot. (Cheaper than most think)

New York City has a Green Roofing and rooftop garden tax incentive program

Green Roofs protect the sun from beating down on the roof in the summer and provide insulation in the winter.

Green Roofs help to control storm run-off and protect city storm sewers from becoming overwhelmed.

Green Roofs help roofs last 2-3 times longer.

Green Roofs provide a space for birds.

Green Roofs look better than black tar roofs. (Unless you’re a black tar roofer, of course!)

Green Roofs help reduce carbon dioxide.

Green Roofs acts as a fire retardant

Now if you’re interested in knowing more come back to this forum often.

There are lots of manufacturers in the green roof industry. Some provide the basic deep trays of vegetation just an inch above your existing roof. All existing applications has benefits/drawbacks and should be considered per situation. The #1 factor to think about is the strength of the existing roof.

Don’t think this is the end of my green roof information. I’ll do a project at some point in Brooklyn. In the meantime, think GREEN.

Now that I’ve uncovered this new world,  to you, I’ll share more later.