Green Roof In Central Florida

The initial problem was the fact that we were using a traffideck waterproof membrane.

Green roof in central florida.

The other half is a standard roof that will be used as a comparison. The planted area will also extend the life of the roof membrane and cut energy costs. The intent of the florida extensive green roof was to build an affordable non irrigated vegetated roof that was light in weight 10 lbs per sf and would survive the 5 h s of florida high winds hard freezes hurricanes high humidity and heat we wanted a vegetated roof that would treat clean stormwater provide wildlife habitat and offer a sense of place landscaping amenity. The state department of environmental protection provided ucf with a grant of about 340 000 to create maintain and study the effects of the green roof which occupies half of the roof of the student union expansion.

Groundlevel cisterns hold excess rainwater which is then used to irrigate the roof. Ucf was the first university in florida to install a green roof one that makes as much as an 80 degree difference in the roof s temperature. Another problem was that the construction was completed. We help you understand the pros and cons of different roofing systems and or the repairs that need to be made.

This project is from a research grant for green roofs from the state of florida department of environmental protection problems anecdotes. This is not an approved material in florida so we had to get permission to use it based on a research claim. Developed by the university of central florida s stormwater management academy the patented bold gold soil media also provides significant filtration and reduction of stormwater runoff and is now deployed on more than 50 000 square feet of green roofs throughout florida.