“Making Green Roofs Simple” – by Jared Markham and Todd Walles – Featured in Environmental Design and Construction Magazine

Jared Markham and Todd Walles, both of Weston Solutions, Inc., are specialists in green building solutions and co-authored the article “Making Green Roofs Simple” which was featured in Environmental Design and Construction magazine.

In the article, Jared and Todd knowledgably educate readers about the history and benefits of green roofs (environmentally friendly roofs that feature substantial amounts of vegetation), and the green roof technologies available to today’s wise and environmentally responsible consumers. The article also compared the traditional layered or built-in-place green roof technology with a newer, modular technology offered by WESTON called GreenGrid^®. GreenGrid^® offers advantages over other green roof technologies because the system is made up of lightweight, moveable trays that are pre-grown in greenhouses, offering clients the ease of choosing the plants they wish to incorporate on their roofs and having them quickly installed in sections.

Green roofs are quickly gaining popularity in North America, mostly because they provide environmental and economic benefits such as combating the urban “heat island” effect, detaining stormwater, reducing host building energy consumption and noise levels, and extending the life of the roof. Building owners also capitalize on the technology because green roofs enhance the urban landscape by adding beauty to the traditional drab concrete or stone rooftops we have always been used to.