Intensive green roof/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...Greenroofs-intensiveand extensive:Greenroof© Ecohome Anintensivegreenroof, also known as a ‘rooftop garden’ refers to planting areas that have a depth of 6 inches and up. Deeper soil supports a greater variety of plants such as vegetables, shrubs and even small trees. Extensiveroofs are designed pri...

...roofassembly is that it manages moisture properly. Read here about whyroofs need to be ventilated and how to ventilate aroofproperly. Selecting a commercialgreenroofsystem:Greenroofcomposition © Cosella Dorken With a wide array ofgreenroofsystems available in the marketplace, it’s increasingly di...

...GreenRoofInstallation The following DIYgreenroofvideo shows the steps needed to ensure yourgreenroofwill not leak. Watch moreGreenBuilding Guide videos from EcoHome on YouTube here The most common building material used forroofing in North America is asphalt shingles, and because of their poor dura...

...roof. The northroofis metal. Rigid insulation was used below the floor and on the north wall. Glazing is a mix of polyethene, patio doors and reclaimed windows. ForGreenhouse's in Kit form online with delivery, orGreenhouse construction materials, see here Ventilation: At this moment, two small fans p...

...roofing the joints. If weeds can't come up then water can't seep down. To maintain permeability at this point, you'd want to go with either pure sand in the joints, or pea gravel, which as the name suggests, is gravel about the size of peas. This will fill the joint but still allow water to flow through and inhibit w...

...GreenSchools. About the U.S.GreenBuilding Council (USGBC) The U.S.GreenBuilding Council (USGBC) is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-savinggreenbuildings. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation through its LEEDgreenbuilding program, robust e...

...roofing Chosen High-Performance Cladding &Roofing Materials Brands : Maxi Forest, white cedar coating Idealroof, metal cladding Maçonnex, metal coating Non-toxic materials for walls & ceilings Materials for the interior were specifically chosen to maintain a high standard of clean indoor air quality , f...

...roofs in particular as they notoriously shed eaves troughs as they shed snow. In the absence of eaves troughs (by choice or otherwise),roofwater ends up at the perimeter of foundation walls. Avoid wood to concrete connections in foundations © Ecohome Avoid wood-to-concrete connections: Concr...

...roofs have a pitch between 4/12 and 6/12 (18.4° - 26.6°), and within those parameters the panels are best mounted flush to the slopedroofdeck on the most south-facingroof. This is for both aesthetic and functional reasons – sleek looking panels lying flush on aroofdeck are less obtrusive to the eye and they are al...

...intensivegreenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This is obviously not a critique of home insulation, but I do question his choice of XPS foam over less environmentally harmful products. Alex Wilson, founder of the Resilient Design Institute on XPS foam - Blowing agents create tiny bubbles of gas that are, in effect, the i...

...greenroofs , partly due to the fact that containers can withstand heavy loads. They certainly can, but this line of thinking underestimates the properties and strength of wood. You can easily frame a woodenroofto carry the added weight of soil on agreenroof, and wood is renewable, usually local, and more sustainab...