Elmich Extensive Green Roof Lightweight Green Roof System

Product catalog summary

Overview
Elmich Extensive Green Roof transforms traditional roofs into environmentally-friendly spaces that enhance biodiversity, improve thermal efficiency, and reduce airborne pollutants. It also manages stormwater runoff, mitigates urban heat island effects, and lowers building energy demands by minimizing rooftop heat absorption.

System Components

Planting Media: EnviroMix® is a lightweight, mostly inorganic media with high water retention, ideal for low load-bearing areas.
Waterproofing Membrane: Evalon® V, an EVA terpolymer membrane, is environmentally certified and root-resistant, providing stability for roofing applications.
Water Retention and Drainage Tray: VersiDrain® 30 is a modular tray that stores rainwater, reducing irrigation needs and promoting sustainable plant growth.
MEP® Tray System: A modular planting system with a closed drainage system, ensuring dry rooftops and efficient water management.

Advantages

Lightweight and easy to install.
Efficient drainage and water retention.
Modular design allows for pre-planting and adaptability to various roof shapes.
Enhances sound attenuation and prolongs roof lifespan by protecting against UV exposure.

Applications
Suitable for various structures such as pathway shelters, rooftops at condos, pavilions, and sheds, enhancing urban environments by integrating nature into cityscapes.

Technical Notes
The brochure emphasizes the use of environmentally-friendly materials and advises verification of specifications due to potential changes. It also notes that product properties may vary due to raw material sources and UV exposure.

Catalog excerpts

Elmich Extensive Green Roof Lightweight Green Roof System-1

Our Innovation Your Solution Elmich Extensive Green Roof converts dull concrete or glaring metal roofs into aesthetically pleasing and environmentally-friendly roofs. It promotes biodiversity, enhances thermal efficiency and amelioration of airborne pollutants. It also filters stormwater runoff and reduces peak flows at source, mitigates urban heat island effect and lowers energy demand of buildings by minimising heat absorption on rooftops.

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Elmich Extensive Green Roof Lightweight Green Roof System-2

Elmich Extensive Green Roof Elmich Extensive Green Roof has wide applicable range in the landscape, building and construction industries and benefits both the buildings on which they are installed as well as their immediate urban environments. It is especially suitable for pathway shelters, guard and club house rooftops at condos, pavilions, as well as new and existing sheds. Universal Studios, Singapore About Extensive Green Roof An extensive green roof consists of drought-resistant ground cover vegetation grown in a layer of lightweight and mainly inorganic planting media laid over a drainage...

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Elmich Extensive Green Roof Lightweight Green Roof System-3

Pthane/tg the Urban Exper/enae Planting Media Geotextile Filter Fabric Waterproofing Membrane Roof Slab Advantages • Lightweight • Easy and quick to install • Provides efficient drainage • Retains water efficiently MEP® Tray Modular Extensive Planting System Advantages • Lightweight • Modular design allows for pre-planting • Closed drainage system ensures rooftop stays dry • Quick and easy to install Drainage Pipe Geotextile Filter Fabric Evalon® V Waterproofing Membrane Cement and sand screed to fall Concrete slab to engineer‘s detail

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Elmich Extensive Green Roof Lightweight Green Roof System-4

Technical Specifications Growth Media EnviroMix® is a lightweight planting media produced from a mix of natural silica and lime-based minerals with proprietary additives. It is approximately 97% inorganic, has high water absorbency and retention capability and supports beneficial microbial activities. It is therefore ideal for planting on low load-bearing areas like metal deck roofs. Water Retention and Drainage Tray VersiDrain® 30 VersiDrain® 30 is a lightweight interlocking modular green roof tray designed for versatility. Its flexibility allows it to be easily cut to fit different shapes and...

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