Green Roof Helps Building Owners Lower Energy Costs
In Europe, green roofs have been important tool in energy conservation and stormwater management. Now a “green roof” featuring a grid system of plants, bushes and shrubs is poised to help building owners achieve those results more efficiently.
European green roofs are generally complicated systems consisting of a waterproof membrane and drainage layer, insulation, root barriers, soil layers, wind erosion blanket and finally...plants.