Benefits: Is mainly used to manage rainwater and allows amortizing rainwater peaks during heavy rainfall events. Its retention capacity is proportional to the thickness of the solution. Provides a habitat for local biodiversity as well as a quality urban landscape. It also allows cutting the exposure of the roof to the sun, decreasing its deterioration and facilitates lowering temperatures.
Design and implementation: Intensive green roof have a greater thickness of organic substrate, which allows for the accommodation of vegetation of various strata depending on the design. A water drainage system is required, using a minimum slope of 2%. In this case it is important that the calculation of the building structure considers the weight of the water-saturated system as part of the dead load.
Objects developed within the framework of the project INTERLACE by YES Innovation https://www.yes-innovation.com/
Nature-based solutions #NbS Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza #SbN
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