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Roofing is a very important consideration in home building. Join the forum now and benefit from discussions with thousands of other green building fans and discounts on green building press publications. An educational and interactive place for those interested or participating in green building. Green roofs are new technology of green building represented by the vegetative layer of the roof.

The complete source for building designing and remodeling green homes. The green building forum is open to all including green building council members. Review the submittal requirements for the green buildings ordinance detailed below. The extensive and intensive green roofs.

1 to 50 of 15734 1. Save all files as pdfs and use this file naming convention. The protective felt layer a drainage storage foil filtration felt layer a substrate for green roofs and a final layer of vegetation. They consist of several layers.

Green roof should say rubber roof since thats what is keeping out the water my nicer buildings have new metal no exposed fastenrs is best but expensive most of my structures have used or found metal roofing for shop like structures i stick gutter sealant in the old holes one i cut into shingles but it was a loud process still though the metal. The plants in a green roof absorb water through their roots and then use surrounding heat from the air to evaporate the water while some roofs can reach temperatures of up to 90 f in the summertime these two features can allow. Green roofs reduce the temperature of the building and the surrounding air in multiple ways. It helps control the flow of air and moisture into the home and also insulates the home from extremes in temperatures.

For roof permits also fill out the standard roof permit application pdf. The green building forum has been developed by the green building press.