Roof coverings/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...roofs- intensive and extensive: Greenroof© Ecohome An intensive greenroof, 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 primarily...

...RoofInstallation The following DIY greenroofvideo shows the steps needed to ensure your greenroofwill not leak. Watch more Green Building 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 durability...

...roofcovering when you consider the full life-cycle of a house. The Tesla SolarRoofpowers your home but looks no different than other durableroofing materials. Further to that, a shingleroof, metalroof, or any other composite recycled-materialroofing product will not turn your lights on, nor will it fill ...

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

...roofs by several inches. Contrary to that, the low-profilerooftop solarroofoption, which is also known as BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics), are solar shingles or tiles that are installed directly ontoroofsheathing in areas of high solar exposure, and are used in conjunction with conventionalroofing materi...

As a precursor to a new post exploring everything you wanted to know about Dry Rot but were afraid to ask, we wanted to cover the causes, effects and solutions for interstitial condensation in walls androofs. We’ve all heard of condensation, but has anyone ever heard of interstitial condensation? If you haven’t (or e...

...roofs, be certain that yourroofventilation is able to do its job. Next,roofventilation - make sure your attic is properly ventilated. Check the attic to make sure that insulation isn't jammed down on the edges and blocking soffit vents . Proper ventilation - proper air flow - in aroofkeeps it in good dry an...

...roofinsulation used to best effect: Watch more Green Building Video Guides on the EcoHome YouTube Channel here The Ecohome's Edelweiss House LEED Platinum certified V4roofis a 2/12 pitch insulated to R95 with Rockwool (formerly Roxul) mineral wool batts. R95 far exceeds the most rigorous Canadian building code...

...roofcoverings还有防渗漏的防雨措施。选择并安装高效HRV或ERV单元-随着现代住宅更加密封，根据物业所在的气候区安装带有热量或能量回收的机械通风系统也是一个好主意。了解更多关于机械通气…

...roofto create a seamless envelope of exterior insulation (and therefore cathedral ceiling) covering all of the walls androof. Larsen trusses are not structural or load bearing, ; their intention is simply to facilitate a thicker wall assembly for added insulation, and to place the vapor barrier at the 2/3rds point ...

...roofs typically absorb more solar energy than do lighterroofs. On a sunny day with 25°C [77°F] ambient air temperature, three adjacent black, grey, and whiteroofmembranes on the same building [see above photo] were measured to have maximum surface temperatures of approximately 75°C, 65°C, and 50°C [167°F, 149°F, and...