URBAN GEEN ROOFS
Courtesy of Altos Verdes - www.altosverdes.com.uy
DETOXIFYING THE CITY
However very few times we think about to introduce nature into the city, recover and detoxify areas completely taken by the urban vortex
Sin embargo pocas veces pensamos en la ciudad y generar naturaleza dentro de la misma, en recuperar y desintoxicar áreas totalmente sumergidas en la vorágine urbana.
Advantages of the green roof:
1 square meter of grass produce the necessary amount of oxigen that a human being consume in about a year
Improves the Urban microclimate: It reduce the temperature within the city, gives humidity and oxigen to the envoronment and absorbs CO2
In a recently research about the of the green structures in Manchester, investigators verified contribute to decrease the temperature specially within the city.
(Gill, S.E., J.F. Handley, A.R. Ennos and S. Pauleit. “Adapting Cities for climate Change: The Role of the Green Infrastructure.” Built Environment Vol 33 No. 1, 2007, página 122-123)
1 metro cuadrado de pasto genera el oxígeno requerido por una persona en todo el año
Mejora el microclima Urbano: reducen la temperatura dentro de la ciudad, aportan humedad y oxigeno al ambiente y absorben CO2.
En un estudio reciente sobre el impacto de estructuras verdes en la zona de Manchester los investigadores comprobaron que los techos verdes ayudaban a bajar las temperaturas especialmente en zonas urbanas: (Fuente: Gill, S.E., J.F. Handley, A.R. Ennos and S. Pauleit. “Adapting Cities for climate Change: The Role of the Green Infrastructure.” Built Environment Vol 33 No. 1, 2007, página 122-123)
It is Habitable: If a lot is about 200m2 and you have a construction of 180m2, It can easily add those 180m2 to the garden (as long as the roof is flat)
Vegetables and flowers can also be cultivated
Tambien se puede utilizar para cultivar verduras y flores.
Rainwater retaining: Green roofs can retain the 90% of rain water. Most of it is returned to the atmosphere while the rest of it drains to the urban sewers.
Favours thermic insulation: It can be translate in savings of electric energy
Favorece el aislamiento térmico: Esto se traduce en una reducción del consumo de energía.
Improves the acustic insulation: It reduces the sound reflection by 3dB in some cases and also increase the soundproofing by 8dB. That make it ideal for crowded and noisy urban areas.
Mejora el aislamiento acústico: Reduce la reflexión sonora hasta 3 dB y mejora la insonorización hasta 8 dB. Ideales para areas urbanas de gran contaminación sonora.
Protect humidity insulation: The UV rays from the sun and people walkinf on the humidity insulation are the worst threats for it. With the layer of grass and earth, it gets completely protected from both.
Green Roofs are an excellent way to help to preserve and encourage nature where it more is affected.
Altos Verdes offers to convert your roof in a GREEN ROOF with the things that it bring with.
Altos verdes ofrece convertir la azotea de tu casa en un techo verde y todo lo que eso significa
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