Website review: Green Roofs: An Introduction with P...
sheaman42 discovered this in Environment
•123 reviews since Aug 21, 2007
environment, green, ecology
•ecogeek.org/content/view/902/
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sheaman42 discovered 9 months ago- Great article from EcoGeek on green roofs
- cocop rated 3 months ago
- This is really cool! Green roofs!
- Lil-Red rated 5 months ago
- It's not just for hobbits anymore. The logic of green roofs is becoming more apparent. We can minimize our bills while maximizing the beauty of the urban landscape. And every day it's becoming a little easier to live in a house that just happens to have plants growing on it.
- amy99 rated 5 months ago
- Great article on green roofs. If you live in the "sun belt" of the USA, use the roof for solar panels instead.
- SwimbikerunMN rated 5 months ago
- Oh, this is so cool!
- Serendipity7 rated 6 months ago
- I've posted this before but...I have always wanted a green roof ever since I saw my first one as a chile in England. They make sense now..in view of all that's happening with the environment..Read on...
- Luotaaja rated 6 months ago
- Green roofs: what a brilliant view!
- Mopster rated 6 months ago
- From Ecogeek:
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Why are green roofs such a great idea?
First, they help to reduce roof stormwater runoff. In some cases, this can help reduce the size of stormwater pipes, and the amount of stormwater that needs to be treated by municipal water treatment. In a light rainfall, a building with a vegetated roof can have no stormwater runoff at all.
Green roofs also protect the roof membrane from sunlight, which breaks down the roofing material. Having even a couple inches of soil helps to greatly extend the life of the roof, and a longer lifespan means less material ends up in landfills from re-roofing buildings after the membranes have failed.
Green roofs keep the roof cooler, which helps to reduce the heat-island effect, which contributes to cities being hotter than the surrounding countryside. This can be beneficial to the building in reducing its summertime cooling load.
A green roof is also a source of oxygen and provides a habitat for some birds. Birds and insects can find homes much more readily in the living environment of a green roof, where an ordinary roof is nearly barren. And yes, it's even possible to graze goats.
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- Grasyop rated 6 months ago
- Green roof or photovoltaic roof? What a dilemma?
In fact, green roofs are beautiful, but I don't think they truly help, from an ecological point of view. Their carbon stock and their biodiversity are nominal (unless goats are an endangered species!!!). - Green roof or photovoltaic roof? What a dilemma?
