What would you think if you looked out the office window and gazed at a beautiful green roof lush with vegetation instead of the usual black tar and gravel? You would be amazed and wondering if you were seeing an illusion wouldn’t you? Well, that is not an illusion anymore.

Green roofs are here and starting to build in popularity. What is a green roof you ask? A green roof is one that is comprised of lush, thriving vegetation made from healthy, sustainable plants. It is a rooftop garden that not only looks good; it protects the building by shedding water and reducing heating and cooling costs. Green roofs will save you money over time as they require very little maintenance and almost no watering once they are established.

Your roof is probably the ugliest part of your building. Black, covered in gravel, asphalt, or tar, and an eyesore to look at. With a green roof, you can design beautiful gardens and walkways to enhance the beauty of your building, making the roof the most spectacular place to enjoy nature.

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Green roofs are designed to flourish in areas such as we have here in Burlington, Oakville, and Brampton. A mixture of evergreens and colorful, leafy plants, they become the focal point of the surrounding area, a real conversation piece of the industrial sector.

Green roofs not only look great, they improve the quality of the surrounding air by cooling the area above the roof, thus keeping the surrounding areas at a more moderate temperature, which reduces violent weather conditions. By cooling the air, the roof also acts as a magnet for polluted air. The air is drawn into the carpet of green and purified naturally by the plants where it is converted into clean oxygen.

Having a green roof on your building is especially beneficial when your building is in close proximity to an airport, or in a large, noisy, industrial area. The vegetation on the roof acts as a sound barrier inside the building. Keeping excessive noise from entering; therefore it reduces the interior noise levels allowing the workers to enjoy their work environment more.

The municipal storm drain system also benefits when you have a green roof installed. The carpet of vegetation acts like a sponge, collecting rainwater to feed the plants instead of the water being shed from the rooftop into the storm drain. This has a tremendous positive effect on the environment by reducing flooding, erosion, and excessive heating of the waste water being shed from the roof.

Installing a green roof has many benefits, like reducing your energy consumption, reducing the cost of a storm drain system, and paying excessive rates to the municipal water systems for storm drain runoff. Not to mention it adds beauty to the area and brings nature back to an otherwise dull, drab industrial area.

Let Essential Flat Roofing give you a quote on installing this modern day, environmentally friendly addition to your industrial rooftop and create your own oasis at work.