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Living Green Roofs

Vegetative, or Green Roofing, is an architectural style which provides a wide range of positive effects for buildings, inhabitants, and the environment. Green Roofs meet one of the essential conditions of sustainable development, the reconciliation between economy and ecology.

Green Roof Advantages:
Extend Roof Life
Storm-Water Management
Reduce Energy Costs
Aesthetically Pleasing
Sound Isulation
Reduce Urban Heat-Island Effect
Government Incentives

The most obvious benefits are storm-water management and reduced energy costs, but Green Roofs also work to reduce the heat island effect common to most large cities, due to the ability of the plants to transpire and shade. Green Roof technology can extend the life of a roof far beyond that of a traditional roof.

Green Roofs are visually enhancing the quality of life in cities. They help improve people's mental and physical health. Not only in cities, but also in rural areas Green Roofs allow buildings to blend harmoniously with the scenery aided by eco-green walls.

Our Green Roofs can help a building owner achieve LEED certification in a number of categories. Many Cities have implemented incentive structures, including tax credits and avoidance of fees assessed for impervious surface cover.

We offer everything for your Green Roof project from concept to design to supply to maintenance. Green roofing is natural and sustainable, so it fits in well with a greater awareness of our planet. We custom design these wonderful natural living roofs anywhere in the United States of America.

Living Roof - Residential

1) Living Green Roof Detail	2) Vegetative Green Roof	3) Green Roofs Completed	4) Green Roofs Completed
5) Green Roof Patio Cover with Water Reed Screening

Living Roof - Commercial

6) Vegetative Planting Color Options	7) Vegetative Planting Green Pattern Options	8) Rooftop Garden that Reduce Urban Heat-Island Effect	9) Rooftop Garden that Reduce Urban Heat-Island Effect
10) Urban Rooftop Garden	11) Urban Rooftop Garden

Thatch Green Roofing

Thatch is a green roofing technology! A thatchroof provides a lifetime of beauty and function, which we feel all discerning clients desire. Thatch provides terrific insulation, which will keep your home cool in the summer and warm in the winter. On top of thermal insulation, the thickness of a thatch roof (6"-12") provides amazing sound dampening. As a vegetative material, water-reed thatch roofing allows your house to blend into the landscape.

Thatch Roof Hermitage (eco-house) made of:
Thatch Roof (Water Reed)
Timber Saplings
Straw bale and Cob Walls
Urbanite Foundation (Recycled Pavement)

Green Thatch Hermitage

12) 16th Century English Pilgrim Wigwam	13) 16th Century English Pilgrim Wigwam	14) 16th Century English Pilgrim Wigwam	15) 16th Century English Pilgrim Wigwam Interior
16) Cob Bale Hermitage with Tree Saplings	17) Thatch Green Roof Hermitage	18) Cob Bale Hermitage	19) Dressing the Eaves of Thatch Green Roof Hermitage
20) Installing Thatch on Hermitage Peak	21) Cob Hermitage Thatch Pod Completed	22) Cob Hermitage Thatch Pod	23) Cob Hermitage Thatch Pod
24) Cob Hermitage Thatch Pod under Snow

Asian Thatch

25) Thatched Shinto Shrine	26) Thatched Shinto Shrine	27) Thatched Shinto Shrine	28) Thatched Shinto Shrine
29) Thatched Shinto Shrine	30) Thatch Tea House