Green Roofs

A green roof is designed and built on a flat or sloping roof, in accordance with FLL and UNI 11235 standard guidelines.

It is developed in accordance with the criteria set out by the FLL guidelines and UNI 11235 standard governing the design and development criteria.
A green roof can be either extensive or intensive; the two systems are primarily distinguished by their construction and maintenance costs.

BENEFITS

Improves visual perception by facilitating the insertion of
 structures in the surrounding natural environment, thus positively impacting the environment.

Green roofs have the following benefits for the building:

  • Reduced power consumption to heat and cool the building.
  • Effect on climate: the evaporation and transpiration processes help lower the peak temperatures in the surrounding environment, thus creating tangible benefits on a micro and macro scale.
  • Dust retention and filtering: plants have the capacity to filter and absorb dust and particulate
    matter.
  • Less heat accumulation and reflection by green surfaces
    .
  • Influence on the durability of the waterproofing layers; on green roofs, the maximum summer temperatures rarely exceed 25°C versus more than 80°C on traditional roofs. Waterproofing membranes last much longer in these conditions, without needing to be re-applied every 10/15 years.

CHLOROPHYLL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

The benefits of creating green spaces, and in particular plant systems, are essential to human life and human survival.
The most important process is chlorophyll photosynthesis, thanks to which plants produce oxygen by breaking down CO2.

Thanks to chlorophyll (a green substance found in leaves), which captures the sun’s energy, water and carbon dioxide molecules are broken down into even smaller particles, i.e., oxygen (O2), hydrogen (H) and carbon (C) atoms; these particles or atoms then recompose into oxygen (O2) and glucose.
The oxygen escapes from the stomata of the leaves and is released in the air, while the glucose (sugar) goes into the processed sap that descends into the roots and nourishes them.