Green Roof Norway

Green roofs have become a long standing tradition in norway and it s not common to see them dotting the country s landscape or in this case essentially melding with the landscape.

Green roof norway.

Sod roofs on 18th century farm buildings in heidal norway. Norwegian grass roofs the norwegian translation is torvtak which means turf roof. A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Norwegians have their own way of going green and quite literally.

Installed in september of 2009 the green roof is nearing the end of its second full summer. I dont think so first i think this is natural but the norwegians traditional type of green roof co. Some are bright green and almost velvety. Grass roofs in norway is this the way of going go green.

The scandinavian green roof prize has been awarded annually to the best green roof project in scandinavia since 2000. So far so good says tom reller senior director of operations for the target center. And they come in different varieties. The modern tradition of living roofs however can be more closely linked to germany a long time leader in green roofing having established the practice more than one hundred years ago.

The prize tradition is intended to inspire the green roof market toward excellence and to raise public and professional awareness about the multiple benefits of green roofs. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in norway and large parts of the rest of scandinavia. Roughly 10 percent of the roofs in the country are green. In places like norway green roofing has been around for over a thousand years.

The city wanted to make a sustainable choice with this roof and except for one little bad spot that had to be fixed everything has been going really well up here. The institute organises courses and tours of green roofs in southern sweden and has been instrumental in helping green roofs to evolve across sweden denmark norway and in the last few years finland. The institute is also home to the scandinavian green roof association. In ancient times green roofs consisted of cave like structures or sod roofs covered with earth and plants commonly used for agriculture dwelling and ceremonial purposes.