Green Roof Technology Ppt

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Green roof technology ppt.

Vegetation cover on a roof surface. Vegetation free zone space left without vegetation. 5 a green roof is. For large buildings with flat roofs a roof garden can also increase the usable space a building offers.

Beauty green roofs can make your property more attractive. Green roof presentation 1. Wide range 19 20. Living roofs vegetated roofs eco roofs roof gardens definition.

Vegetation dictated by the depth of substrate thin green roofs. Yeang 2006 extensive and intensive. Green roof technology has a history that predates the modern era. A green roof is a planted roof top container gardens on roofs are not generally considered to be true green roofs.

A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane it may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. Sedum and herbs thick green roofs. Semi intensive green roof intermediate green roof type with characteristics of both extensive and intensive green roofs. 6 type 1 extensive.

Plants for green roof right plant for the right place succulents are the backbone of green roofs herbaceous perennials used as accents turf shrubs trees in intensive green roof 20 21. The maintenance is higher than an extensive green roof. Shallow depth typically 2 4 in low growing often broad. The 2 main types.

Typically 4 to 8 growing media depth sometimes irrigated and usually planted with a wide range of species. Defining a green roof. Aravind mbbs i year dsmch perambalur 2. Maintaining a site s pre development hydrology or.

3 vegitative layer roof deck the most important layer on a green roof is its decking which can be concrete wood metal plastic gypsum or composite as it determines whether the structure is capable of taking the load of the. Roof space is often viewed as wasted space. Green roof service green roof technology specializes in innovative design smart engineering and turn key implementation of ground remote monolithic vegetation fully integrated solar garden roofs green infrastructure master plans luxury roof top gardens effective bio filtration natural swimming pools green walls and intelligent urban agriculture. A related benefit of green roofs is the retention of stormwater teermusk and mander 2007 and because of this green roofs are emerging as an increasingly popular low impact development lid tool for storm water control voyde et al 2010.

Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although. Green roof technology is capable of alleviating these problems.