Sentences with phrase «of vegetated roof»

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) launched CAN / CSA A123.24 - 15 in 2015 as a testing standard to determine response of a vegetated roof assembly (VRA) to Wind Pressure and Wind Flow.

We have successful projects growing across North America on almost 2 million square feet of vegetated roofs.»

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In Germany, a pioneering country in the development and implementation of green roofs technology, 14 % of all flat roofs are green and one third of its cities have regulations that support vegetated roofs.

Skyland USA are the creators of rooflite, North America's # 1 vegetated roof growing media.

The Botanical Institute of Texas will feature a large vegetated roof upon completion later this year, as will the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

This progressive new law will require a minimum of 20 to 60 percent vegetated roof coverage on all qualifying new development starting in 2010.

Skyland USA is North America's # 1 supplier for vegetated roof growth media and the creators of rooflite ®.

As everyone knows who has heard him speak, the soft - spoken yet highly engaging Swiss researcher is renown the world over for his detailed studies of birds — in particular lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)-- beetles (hundreds), and others insects on vegetated roofs — and he has made many friends along the way for his passion, belief, and promotion of designing a better living roof to encourage biodiversity.

National Research Canada has published a Wind - Roof Calculator on Internet for vegetated roofs to calculate roof cladding wind loads and vegetated roof assembly design parameters based on the National Building Code of Canada 2Roof Calculator on Internet for vegetated roofs to calculate roof cladding wind loads and vegetated roof assembly design parameters based on the National Building Code of Canada 2roof cladding wind loads and vegetated roof assembly design parameters based on the National Building Code of Canada 2roof assembly design parameters based on the National Building Code of Canada 2015.

A green roof — also known as a «vegetated roof,» «living roof», or «eco-roof» — is an extension of an existing roof which involves a high - quality waterproofing and root repellent system, a drainage system, filter cloth, lightweight growing medium, and plants.

GreenScaped Buildings installed a built - up vegetated roofing assembly and planted with a combination of sedum tiles and plugs typical of extensive green roofs.

Instead of just adding insulation to improve thermal performance and using a single roofing system to cover it, the roof on A3C's building is an experimental lab to study a variety of roofing options, including both flat roof membranes and vegetated roof systems.

Part of the decision was based on what would work structurally with the existing building roof, so the lightest weight vegetated systems were placed where the roof could only support the lighter weight, and deeper, heavier vegetated assemblies were then placed in other areas where there was additional support capacity.

Measurements of the temperature under each type of roof, as well as the ambient outdoor temperature are collected at 4 minute intervals throughout the day, to develop a profile of how the roof membranes perform relative to each other, as well as in comparison to the vegetated roof.

Often referred to as grey infrastructure alternatives, these practices include the design, installation and maintenance of vegetated green roofs and walls, bioswales and infiltration gardens (rain gardens, etc.), urban forests, green streets and pervious pavements.

Looking strictly at the economic costs and benefits of three different roof types — black, white and «green» (or vegetated)-- Berkeley Lab researchers have found in a new study that white roofs are the most cost - effective over a 50 - year time span.

One example of the German groups is the Deutscher Dachgartner - Verband (German Roof - Gardening Association), which has been advocating greenroofs since 1984 and provides up - to - date information on new developments in vegetated roof cover design in Europe to its many membRoof - Gardening Association), which has been advocating greenroofs since 1984 and provides up - to - date information on new developments in vegetated roof cover design in Europe to its many membroof cover design in Europe to its many members.

Green roofs are defined by the GSA as vegetated roofs consisting of «a waterproofing membrane, growing medium (soil) and vegetation (plants) overlying a traditional roof.»