Green Roof People

The thermal benefits that green roofs provide may also have indirect benefits for people living or working within the building.

Green roof people.

This green space could be below at or above grade but in all cases it exists separate from the ground. Green roofs last longer than conventional roofs reduce energy costs with natural insulation create peaceful retreats for people and animals and absorb storm water potentially lessening the need for complex and expensive drainage systems. This has not been researched but anecdotal evidence from germany in the late 1990s is of interest. A roof is designed to protect the building and to shed precipitation.

Green roofs for healthy cities grhc is the north american industry association for the green roof and wall sectors. Green roof development involves the creation of contained green space on top of a human made structure. However green roofs in many cases are meant to retain water over a longer period of time to slow stormwater runoff and to nourish the plants. Grhc develops and protects the market by increasing the awareness of the economic social and environmental benefits of green roofs green walls and other forms of living architecture through education advocacy professional development and celebrations of excellence.