Green Roof: Prepared by Group 3 Punzalan, Eunice Salvador, Vergel San Miguel, Darren

GREEN ROOF
PREPARED BY GROUP 3
PUNZALAN, EUNICE
SALVADOR, VERGEL
SAN MIGUEL, DARREN
HISTORY
• The origins of green roofs began thousands of years ago.
• The most famous green roofs were the Hanging Gardens
of Babylon. They were considered as one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World, were constructed around
500 B.C.
• In more recent times, people used sod to cover their roof
tops for the purpose of insulation, it kept their homes cool
in summer and warm in winter. Modern green roofs may
have had their "roots" in ancient times, but technological
advances have made them far more efficient and expensive
than their ancient counterparts.
WHAT IS GREEN ROOF?
• In the most basic sense,
green roofs are a layered
combination of vegetation
and membrane over a
building that can help
insulate and provide water
management.
• Modern systems help
mitigate the heat island
effect, create habitats, filter
pollutants, sequester carbon
and even increase
agricultural and amenity
space.
Typical green roof layers; via Let’s Talk About Sustainable Stuff
MAIN TYPES
EXTENSIVE
SYSTEMS
• Extensive systems: These green roofs

are used for areas that are out of reach
and not used for other purposes.
Normally they include vegetation that
will make them low maintenance and
self-sustaining. Extensive systems
represent the form closest to nature,
and plants should be resistant to
drought and frost, while being able to
survive occasional over irrigation and
lack of nutrients. They usually have
shallow substrate depths and load
nutrition.
S EM I- IN TE N S IV E
• Semi-intensive: This system

requires some maintenance
from time to time. These green
roof systems lie between the
extensive and the intensive, and
usually include a mix of plant
types.
INTENSIVE
SYSTEMS
• Intensive systems: As a roof

type that requires frequent
maintenance, intensive systems
can be thought of as gardens on
a roof. In contrast with an
extensive green roof, there are
almost unlimited possibilities
with respect to the plants that
can be used in an intensive
system.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
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GREEN ROOF
DIAGRAM
BENEFITS
PROVIDES A RAINWATER
BUFFER
A green roof absorbs rain water by the water buffering in the

plants, substrate and drainage layer. This delays the discharge
of rainwater to the sewage system, purifies the rainwater, and
water also evaporates through the plants. This all helps to
stabilize the groundwater level, reduces the peak load on the
sewage system and reduces the risk of flooding.
PURIFIES THE AIR
• The plants in a green roof filter particulate

matter from the air and convert CO2 into
oxygen. With a green roof you are
contributing to air purification.
REDUCES THE AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE
• Plants absorb sunlight, 50% is absorbed and 30% reflected;

so this helps to create a cooler and more pleasant climate.
For the indoor climate this means that the air conditioning
doesn't have to work so hard, which in turn means energy
savings. And this too has an extra positive effect on the
climate in the immediate vicinity of your building and on
the temperature in the city. Overall, it means a 3°C
temperature reduction in the city.
INCREASES SOLAR
PANEL EFFICIENCY
• A green roof reduces the temperature on the

roof. The efficiency of solar panels is
higher and so you reduce your total energy
costs.
REDUCES AMBIENT NOISE
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE
• A green roof acts as a sound barrier to your building. It

absorbs sound and thus provides a quieter environment,
both inside and outside your building.
EXTENDS LIFE SPAN
OF ROOF
• A green roof protects the roofing material

from external influences such as the sun,
rain, wind and temperature fluctuations and
doubles or triples the life span of your roof
to up to 60 years or even longer. You will
recoup the investment in your green roof
within 8 to 21 years.
ADDS VALUE TO THE
BUILDING
• The natural and sustainable appearance,

combined with a reduction in energy costs
and extension of the life span of your roof,
means an increase in value of your property.
INCREASES
BIODIVERSITY
• The Sedums, herbs, grasses or host plants

that are included in the a green roof
promote the habitat of birds, butterflies and
insects, especially in the city environment
which is mainly concrete and asphalt
CREATES FIRE-
RESISTANT LAYER
• Plants naturally contain a lot of moisture.

With a green roof you create a natural fire-
resistant layer on your house or office
building.
INCREASES THE FEELING OF WELL-
BEING
• Living and working in a green environment has

a positive effect on the well-being of people.
Greenery offers relaxation and reduces stress.
OFFERS HEALING
ENVIRONMENT
• Greenery encourages faster recovery for

patients, resulting in a shorter hospital stay.
A persons tolerance of pain is higher in a
green environment. This is also known as a
‘healing environment’.
DIRECT-GREEN, LOW
MAINTENANCE
• Using vegetation blankets you can create a

green roof with a direct-green result. The
mats are carefully pre-cultivated and on
delivery boast 90% coverage. This means
that weeds hardly get a chance to establish
themselves and the maintenance required is
negligible
SAVES TIME AND
MONEY
• In contrast to planting a green roof with

individual plug plants, laying a green roof
using vegetation blankets is quick and easy
to realise. And the subsequent maintenance
is minimal.
EROSION
PROTECTION
• On roofs exposed to a great deal of wind

pre-cultivated vegetation blankets ensure
that the substrate will not be blown away in
a storm. These provide a solid and erosion-
resistant top layer to the green roof.

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GREEN ROOF

• Extensive systems: These green roofs

• Semi-intensive: This system

• Intensive systems: As a roof

Biodiversity Fire Risk Maintenance

A green roof absorbs rain water by the water buffering in the

• The plants in a green roof filter particulate

• Plants absorb sunlight, 50% is absorbed and 30% reflected;

• A green roof reduces the temperature on the

• A green roof acts as a sound barrier to your building. It

• A green roof protects the roofing material

• The natural and sustainable appearance,

• The Sedums, herbs, grasses or host plants

• Plants naturally contain a lot of moisture.

• Living and working in a green environment has

• Greenery encourages faster recovery for

• Using vegetation blankets you can create a

• In contrast to planting a green roof with

• On roofs exposed to a great deal of wind

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