Green Roof People

Green roof development involves the creation of contained green space on top of a human made structure.

Green roof people. Green roofs can provide a wide range of public and private benefits and have been successfully installed in countries around the world. 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. A roof is designed to protect the building and to shed precipitation. The thermal benefits that green roofs provide may also have indirect benefits for people living or working within the building.

This green space could be below at or above grade but in all cases it exists separate from the ground. It is even more important that the roof covering be watertight to prevent leaks into the building. Green roofs serve several purposes for a building such as absorbing rainwater providing insulation creating a habitat for wildlife increasing benevolence and decreasing stress of the people around the roof by providing a more aesthetically pleasing landscape and helping to lower urban air temperatures and mitigate the heat island effect. This has not been researched but anecdotal evidence from germany in the late 1990s is of interest.