LiveRoof®

LiveRoof® from Stormwater360 is a pre-vegetated, modular hybrid green roof system developed by growers and specifically designed to grow plants in a rooftop environment.

What makes LiveRoof® different from many other systems is that the plants are pre-grown and matured before installation, ensuring your green roof is established and functional before being installed on a roof.

Each LiveRoof® module arrives at the job site with fully-grown plants and is simply set in place on the rooftop. As a LiveRoof® system is delivered around 95% vegetated, with the plant's roots matured and extending to the bottom of the soil at the time of installation, there is minimal time, cost, or risk associated with rooftop establishment.

This unique modular system unites the entire soil continuum, allowing for the natural sharing of water, nutrients, and beneficial organisms across the whole roof strata. It also minimises hot, wet and dry zones, and avoids compartmentalising the growing medium into unnatural ‘grids’, which can happen with other systems.

Green roofs are multifunctional, with many benefits. Absorbing up to around 70% of the annual rainfall that falls on them, they can greatly reduce the volume of water entering the drainage system (reduce flooding risks). This can allow a larger footprint building to be built with less environmental effect.

The LiveRoof® modular green roof system uses Stormwater360's compliant green roof soil media and has numerous New Zealand native or sedum/succulent planting options. 

 

For more information, please contact a stormwater consultant via 0800 STORMWATER or sales@stormwater360.co.nz or check out FAQ here

 

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Key Benefits

LiveRoof® instant green roof arrives to the job site with full-grown plants.

Instant green roof - arrives to the job site with full-grown plants

Invisible Modules - modules are subterranean for an instantly matural, monolithic green roof

Immediate Benefits - mature plants generate instant evaporative cooling effect, maximum storm-water detention and optimal aesthetics

Saves money - thanks to minimal maintenance (compared to other methods)

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Environmental Benefits

Energy savings - from insulation and evapo-transpiration

Noise reduction - plants, soil and trapped air can reduce indoor sound by as much as 40 decibels

Urban Heat Island mitigation - Green roofs cool the air, helping to reduce the difference between hot urban air and cooler rural surroundings

Reduction - of up to 80 per cent of annual stormwater runoff and 75 per cent TSS removal

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Social & Aesthetic Benefits

Improved physical and mental health - from exposure to nature

Natural views - create more productive, healthy, happy, creative, relaxed people

Green roofs expand the usefulness of buildings - via patios, gardens and vistas

Green roofs can serve as - community hubs, increasing social cohesion and sense of community

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