Intensive Green Roof Build Up

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Intensive green roof build up.

An intensive green roof weight varies from 35 to beyond 100 pounds per square foot when dry. Planting and waterproofing the build up heights and weights will be dependent upon the type of planting specified however as a rough guide 300 to 1500mm are the typical depths and weights could be in the region of 400kg to over a tonne per sqm. Your green roof design will depend on the roof your preferred green roof system as well as your desired build up and vegetation. When designing and installing a green roof it is important to provide a growing environment as close as possible to the plant s natural environment.

Each layer of a zinco green roof build up is conceived to take over the relevant functions of the missing ground. The most important factor is to compensate for the lack of subsoil. Semi intensive green. 8 to 20 per square foot.

Extensive roofs are thin lightweight roof systems that typically have a planting media measuring 6 to 20 cm deep while heavier thicker green roofs are known as intensive roofs and their growing media ranges in thickness from 20 cm to 100 cm. Uniform irrigation through intergrated drip lines. For a conventional roof. Green roofs or living roofs as they are also known can be classified according to type of usage construction factors and maintenance requirements into three different types.

With that in mind the real variable in the weight is the depth of planting material. Up to 50 lower growing medium depth. Zinco systems for extensive and intensive landscaped roofs. One of our most innovative roofs bringing the benefits of an intensive green roof using up to 50 less build up height and weight.

15 to 50 per square foot. This is most noticeable in intensive green roofs since there is a thicker and more consistent layer of soil which provides a higher insulating value. A 2006 study by the university of michigan comparing costs of conventional and green roofs showed that on average installing a green roof costs about 22 00 sq. A bauder green roof combines the finished planting scheme and all its supportive components with a high quality and secure waterproofing system to give you the best results every time.

Extensive semi intensive and intensive green roofs. Go green with a roof garden from bauder each green roof brings back a piece of nature and on some buildings a recreational space can be created for people to enjoy. Green roofs or living roofs as they are also known can be classified according to type of usage construction factors and maintenance requirements into three different types. Intensive green roof build ups over roofs and podiums are designed to be trafficked and should only be installed on flat roofs.

Green roofs can help reduce energy costsfor a building by acting as another layer of insulation between the inside and outside of the roof. Extensive semi intensive and intensive green roofs.