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Green Building Options

Building Green

Green roofs can be used in many applications, including industrial facilities, residences, offices, and other commercial property. In Europe, they are widely used for their storm water management and energy savings potential, as well as their aesthetic benefits.

The benefits of building green can be realized in may ways; energy savings, tax benefits, environmental impact, and even visual improvement. Long-term economic benefits already outweigh the start-up costs. One factor reducing the cost of a green roof is that vegetation can extend the life of a roof. The less solar energy that reaches the roof substrate, the less damage from UV radiation as well as daily temperature fluctuations (which cause repeated contraction and expansion) can affect the roof.

The Environmental Protection Agency lists the following benefits for green roof building:

  • - Reduce sewage system loads by assimilating large amounts of rainwater.
  • - Absorb air pollution, collect airborne particulates, and store carbon.
  • - Protect underlying roof material by eliminating exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and daily temperature fluctuations.
  • - Serve as living environments that provide habitats for birds and other small animals.
  • - Offer an attractive alternative to traditional roofs, addressing growing concerns about urban quality of life.
  • - Reduce noise transfer from the outdoors.
  • - Insulate a building from extreme temperatures, mainly by keeping the building interior cool in the summer.

GCH can custom build soil retention barriers, planters, and roofing elements to help our business or home realize the benefits of a green roof.

Example #1: Pre-fabricated Green Roof Planters

Our custom designed planters give an Architect or Designer the ability to turn the unused roof, or green roof areas into functional living space. Manufactured to custom shape and sizes from powder coated aluminum these planters allow the designer to select colors and shape as required to create unique roof top environments.

 

 

 

 

Example #2: Soil Retention Substrates

Our custom built soil retention panels provide the custom design and layout needed to fit a Green Roof to any building.

 

 


Example #3: Custom Green Roof Planters

Working directly with a roof layout, GCH was able to uniquely design a Green Roof solution that not only allowed for the benefits of the application, but also provided an aesthetic compliment to a communal roof space.



View More Photos of our Green Roof Projects Here