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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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Advanced, Innovative, and Sustainable
Residential Green Roof: Canada
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Residential Green Roof: Canada
Residential Green Roof: Canada
Green Roof Installation: Institutional Building, Windsor Canada
Green Roof Installation
Dimensions
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Green Roof Systems That Rise To The Top
Greenroofs are vegetated roof covers, with growing media and plants taking the place of bare membrane, gravel ballast, shingles or tiles. The number of layers and the layer placement vary from system to system and greenroof type, but at the very least all greenroofs include a single to multi-ply waterproofing layer, drainage, growing media and the plants, covering the entire roof deck surface.
There are two main types of greenroofs – extensive or intensive. Although a greenroof is often designed with features of both and then are referred to as either semi-extensive or semi-intensive.
Applications
WINDIDRAIN® may also be installed to create green areas where it was not previously possible. Plants and flowers, now may easily be achieved on existing roofs, terraces and paved yards.
The WINDIDRAIN® system, has a wide range of utilizations: To change the terrace floor into a garden plot with shrubs and trees, is easy as laying the WINDIDRAIN elements on an existing terrace or balcony, applying the required filter fabric, laying the soil and planting.
Benefits & Advantages
Rounded feet allow elements to be applied directly on the
waterproofing; unlike other systems, WINDIDRAIN® creates a consistent cavity underneath in all directions for passing of irrigation systems, pipes or other services.
Adaptable for both flat and sloped roofs thanks to its patented interlocking design; elements will not move once installed and loaded with substrates.
Excellent component for Extensive and Intensive roof assemblies, Cost Competitive, High compressive strength of 6000 kg/m2 ( 9.0 Psi), allowing for a variety of landscape surfaces, pavers, concrete slabs, pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
CUPOLEX WINDIDRAIN® is made of 100% recycled high density polyethylene plastic
CUPOLEX WINDIDRAIN® is available in 50mm and 100mm
heights and is a patented product.
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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