VEGETATIVE ROOFS

Vegetative Roofs, also called green roofs, garden roofs, eco-roofs, and living roofs, deliver many benefits to the building owner and surrounding community. Studies worldwide have clearly demonstrated that vegetative roofs make a positive impact on their local environment that ripples through the larger ecological and economic systems they affect.

Benefits of Green/Vegetative Roof Systems

Clean the air of particulate matter

Create habitat areas for indigenous wildlife

Provide aesthetic appeal to surrounding locations

Reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect prevalent in many metropolitan areas

Control stormwater run-off, absorbing it and then releasing it slowly