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Many buildings have a rooftoop that is wasted space. A garden adds value and more.
When designing a roof garden consult with a licensed engineer regarding the load carrying capacity of the building you are working with and ensure that the garden design and the structural capacity are compatible.
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Rooftops are a city's greatest untapped resource. Sloped or flat, large or small, industrial or residential, the possibilities for urban greening, air cleaning, community building and food production are limitless. Cover a roof with plants and you have immediately achieved several things.
Environmentally, by increasing the city's biomass, you have increased oxygen levels in the air - and decreased the amount of CO2, which is produced by cars and other fuel burning technologies. You have cut down on dust and air-borne particulates, since plants act as natural filters. You have had a hand in altering the local climate, because plants absorb rather than reflect heat. And because roots hold and absorb water, every time it rains your roof is retaining storm water runoff, thereby decreasing the load on the city's storm sewage systems.
Environmentally, by increasing the city's biomass, you have increased oxygen levels in the air - and decreased the amount of CO2, which is produced by cars and other fuel burning technologies. You have cut down on dust and air-borne particulates, since plants act as natural filters. You have had a hand in altering the local climate, because plants absorb rather than reflect heat. And because roots hold and absorb water, every time it rains your roof is retaining storm water runoff, thereby decreasing the load on the city's storm sewage systems.
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- poutine poutine Aug 31, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
- i believe it's a good idea but I wonder how mnay people actually do it?
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Feb 23, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
- Nice lens. What a great idea!
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