Green Roof House Extension

A green roof is in ecological terms a great and simple thing to do.

Green roof house extension.

The striking exposed scissor truss timber roof of this brick extension which was built by hand on site using standard materials is topped with a green sedum roof. They also deliver a whole range of benefits. Green roofs extend the life and improve the performance of the roof cutting energy costs. Green roofs are a great way not only to add greenery but to encourage wildlife protect your property and bring a little joy to all who can see them.

See more ideas about architecture house extensions listed building. It replaces the ecology the new house sits upon thereby replacing the habitat that a house takes away. Moreover the costs of a flat roof extension today are typically lower than for a pitched roof. Planted with hundreds of low growing succulents the little flat roofed extension off their 1925 colonial revival helps slow down and filter rainwater runoff.

Greenhouses with roof and sidewall vents operate on the principle that heat is removed by a pressure difference created by wind and temperature gradients. A green roof is a great way to create an attractive design feature on an outbuilding like a shed or garage or transform your home. They can be added to many styles of roof sloping or flat from an extensive extension to a garden shed. Both verity and craig were taking time off from their masters of architecture at the university of bath to take this project forward.

Wind plays the major role. Applying flat roof extension design ideas. House extension green roof added on october 22 2014 by dusty gedge this elegant house extension was designed and built by two architecture students using the guide. In a well designed greenhouse a wind speed of 2 3 miles hour provides 80 or more of the maximum possible ventilation.

In rural situations green roofs can be used as a smart solution to help houses blend sensitively into the setting particularly for paragraph 55 now paragraph 79 homes constructed on green belt land. And if you think they only belong on eco new builds think again. The flat roof extension is more on trend than it once was and is free of the dreaded leaks that haunted this type of structure in the past. Residential green roofs such as theirs protect natural waterways from oily street residue by lessening the chances that municipal storm drain systems will overflow.