Green Roof Hawaii

While the concept of over planted roofs is very ancient the goals of modern green roof technology are to replace the benefits of vegetative cover on land which are lost when a building is erected.

Green roof hawaii. Hawaii s first institutional green roof research has been underway at the university of hawai i at manoa uhm since august 2007 on the capital isle of o ahu. Think clean go green. In this publication green roof is a broad term used to describe ecological or vegetated roofs which incor porates roof gardens as well as the new high tech thin profile vegetation surfaces. The potential for green roofs in hawai i.

Green roofs are vegetative covers applied to building roofs to slow or totally absorb rainfall runoff during storms. Although each green roof is unique all green roof systems contain the same basic elements. Located at 1969 ala moana blvd the equus hotel provided an ideal location fig. Establishment of a 2 400 square foot green roof that helps to reduce storm water runoff reduce building temperature increase carbon dioxide removal and provide a beautiful eco habitat for insects and birds.

Costs range depending on location and the number of qualified contractors and suppliers. Kaufman andrew cox linda j. One of the most interesting stormwater control systems under evaluation by epa are green roofs. The green roof contains a variety of native and adapted plants including aloe akulikuli sedum and portulaca.

While the concept of over planted roofs is very ancient the goals of modern green roof technology are to replace the benefits of vegetative cover on land which are lost when a building is erected. Environmental roofing solutions was built on its core vision that every hawaii homeowner or hawaii business owner should have an oppurtunity to be educated with energy efficient roofing systems before re roofing with traditional roofing material. Due to the shipping and the lack of a competitive market here in hawaii we estimate that extensive green roofs cost between 20 25 sf. The roof has a minimal slope that disallows for standing water and is in full sunlight for a minimum of 10 hrs per day.

In germany where extensive green roofs have been constructed since 1986 the. The project was developed as a masters ms thesis research project by leyla cabugos in the department of botany and involves the efforts of seven academic departments and numerous volunteers. The project green roof was built on top of a commercial building in downtown waikiki.