Talking About Green

Green roofs are beautiful vegetative rooftops that have varied advantages for the homes, buildings, community and every individual person.
These days there are ample eco-friendly sustainable roofing solutions in the market. Finding the right roofing material is not just about durability, longevity and saving money but it is about keeping the environment green too. A green roof can be a key component of an autonomous building.
There are many good roofing materials which can provide insulation, have high heat reflectivity and can be re-cycled. This way you can reduce your heating and cooling costs. They are eco-friendly because they are 100% recyclable. Eco-friendly roof materials are available in a number of colors and textures which can look like a slate, tile or wood. They can also be custom designed into shapes and designs as per your need. There are now solar or photovoltaic roof options also available.
The key benefits of Green roofs are:
• They can be used to grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers etc.
• Using them you can extend public space.
• They help in reducing overall radiant heat and cooling loads on a house or a building.
• If there are many green roofs in an urban area, it can drastically reduce the city’s average temp in summers.
• Provide urban agricultural opportunities.
• It increases a roofs life span and extends building life components.
• It helps in controlling storm water run off.
• Green roofs can filter pollutants and heavy metals out of air and rain water. It can also improve air quality by reducing carbon dioxide out of the air so that you can exhale pure clean oxygen.
• Helps in reducing noise and reduce sound pollution as the soil and plants on green roofs will insulate your home for sound.
• Can increase habitat for plants, insects, and animals. Green roofs can attract beneficial insects, birds, bees and butterflies.
• Green roofs are seen to improve health and productivity.
In a nutshell, green roof options will make us feel that we are doing the right thing for a living green for kids and for the environment.

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