Green Roof Seattle

A december 2009 survey in seattle found there were about 62 green roofs in the city including extensive and intensive green roofs and large rooftop gardens.

Green roof seattle.

Liveroof systems are fully vegetated when installed on your roof they are also built to become a monolithic roof system. The green roofs covered a total of 359 375 square feet. If your project is required to meet the seattle green factor you must reach a minimum score established by the zoning of your property. Also called eco roofs living roofs and roof gardens they are an innovative stormwater management solution that can simultaneously improve the energy performance of buildings air quality and urban ecology all without taking up additional land.

Rooftop gardens or intensive green roofs account for 41 of seattle s green roof area these roofs are installed with soil depths of 6 36 to support more lush landscaping. Since 2004 bark king blower truck service has provided the environmental benefits natural beauty of green roofs and rooftop gardens to greater seattle eastside property owners. Seattle tilth green roof. Most of them are found in centrally located neighborhoods with few in the southeast and industrial areas.

Green roofs information live roof when it comes to green roofs or roof gardens liveroofs are second to none in both functionality and design. They seem fairly evenly split between small medium and large sizes. Directly across from the seattle justice center 2002 seattle city hall is the result of a joint venture design team of architects bassetti bohlin cywinski jackson who worked with landscape architects gustafson guthrie nichol ltd. About 7 of seattle s green roofs have a combination of extensive intensive assemblies with varying soil depth and plant selection and varying degrees of human access.

As a certified installer of liveroof systems we can. Green roofs are vegetated roof covers with growing media and plants taking the place of shingles or tiles. And swift company and the city of seattle to develop a range of technical criteria for the green roof. Liveroof offers the only pre vegetated hybrid green roof system that s delivered in a convenient modular format yet offers a monolithic soil layer.