Here’s a gree roofing system located In te Chicago area. Check out the largest monitored green roof in the world. This extensive green roof atop the Wal Mart in Chicago, IL is over 70,000 square feet and is only 4″ deep. The green roof was designed and engineered by Roofscapes, Inc and was installed in 2006. Ecogardens, LLC was part of the installation team and currently provides green roof maintenance. Additionally, Ecogardens provides field support to the team monitoring the green roof performance.
Chicago Green Roofing: Saving the Planet One Building at a Time
This green roofing video highlights some of the problems caused by over consumption and how green roofs can help solve the problems of global warming and water runoffs. This green roof educational video details the benefits of green roofs to the city and surrounding environment. The Chicago City Hall green roof helps cool the building and minimize water run-off. Rooftops are vastly underutilized spaces in the urban environment, yet it is possible for any landscape, plaza, or garden to be installed on a building or structure.
Green Roof System Explained – Introduction to Living Roofs
This is a short film that shows the basic components of domestic green roof systems and how they are installed. It was commissioned to help show that green roofs are similar in their functions to traditional types roofing, but that they have significant additional benefits that these do not:
- add value to your property
- transform your home & garden
- extend the life of your roof
- promote biodiversity
- reduce rain flow into drain systems
- assist with carbon sequestration
- contribute to lower energy bills
- make solar panels more efficient
The Elmich Green Roof System incorporates Evalon, a UV and root resistant
waterproofing membrane, VersiCell or VersiFlex drainage cells, VersiDrain 25P water retention and drainage trays, geotextile filter fabric and VersiWeb growing media confinement cells. Elmich lightweight growing media with excellent water holding capacity is available and a range of plant species are suggested for specific environmental.
