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Living Architecture Monitor’s Winter Issue Out Now!
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities has released their Winter 2022 Living Architecture Monitor (LAM) issue, and it is full of excellent articles (click HERE to read)! This issue prioritized innovation, with articles on the role of audio in biophilic design, planting native shrubs, and green roof photovoltaics. And, we [...]
Rad Mac Enterprises joins the LiveRoof Family!
Please join us in welcoming Rad Mac Enterprises from Cypress, TX! Business partners Chad McMahon and Steve Rademacher braved the cold Michigan winter to come and visit LiveRoof LLC. in Nunica, MI. They will replace David Scott and become the new grower for the TX, OK, NM, AR, and [...]
RoofBlue® RETAIN™ Saves Water and Enhances Plant Growth!
As a follow-up to Dr. Brad Rowe’s research (Click here) on blue-green roofs and stormwater retention, a study was conducted this year to quantify the irrigation needs and plant growth in the RoofBlue® RETAIN™ system. We compared plots of modules-only vs. modules + RoofBlue® RETAIN™, with and without irrigation [...]
Pioneer Gardens INC. Joins the LiveRoof Family as LiveRoof NorthEast!
Please join us in welcoming Pioneer Gardens INC. from Deerfield, MA! They will replace Pride’s Corner Farms and become the new grower for the northeast region, now called LiveRoof NorthEast. Founded by Arjen Vriend in 1996, Pioneer Gardens INC. brings over 25 years of experience growing perennials and bare [...]
New Study Reveals that RoofStone Pavers Contribute to Stormwater Management
You already know that LiveRoof® green roofs aid in stormwater management, decreasing annual runoff by over 60% in most cases, but did you know... That our artisan quality, integrated RoofStone® pavers can increase that percentage even more? That's right! In a recent university study, LiveRoof [...]
Frederik Meijer Gardens opens the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden
This morning, West Michigan's 13 ON YOUR SIDE Morning Show broadcast live from the new rooftop sculpture garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens (Grand Rapids, Michigan). The new addition to the botanical gardens opened to the public at 9AM on May 17. Update: On May 24, Fox 17 also broadcast [...]
How to Implement Instant Lightweight “Intensive” Green Roofs
Combining the LiveRoof extensive green roof system with specimen trees and shrubs may present an attractive alternative to traditional intensive green roofs, reducing weight load and both installation and maintenance costs. Green roofs for amenity space are on the rise as building owners capitalize on the many benefits of [...]
LiveRoof Introduces PipeRunner
A study by Michigan State University confirmed overhead spray irrigation as the most water-efficient method of watering green roof substrates. When compared to drip and subsurface irrigation systems, the overhead spray method fully saturated the soil with the the least amount of runoff and yielded the healthiest plants. Yet, [...]
LiveRoof Ontario’s Kees Govers Receives F. Ross Browne Award from Construction Canada Magazine for Article of the Year.
Construction Canada gives the F. Ross Browne Award for article of the year annually to the author of an exemplary article that appears in their magazine. This year green roof industry professionals Kees Govers of LiveRoof Ontario and Sasha Aquilera were bestowed with this honor for their collaborative effort, [...]
GAF Provides More Environmentally-Friendly Roofing Options for Commercial Roofing Contractors with LiveRoof® Partnership
GAF, North America's Largest Roofing Manufacturer, is proud to announce a new relationship with LiveRoof®, giving commercial roofing contractors the ability to offer more living roofing solutions -- also known as green roofs -- to their customers. Commercial building owners and architects can now benefit from the proven low-slope roofing [...]
Green roof at Nathan Phillip’s Square helps architects earn one of Canada’s most prestigious design awards
Nathan Phillip's Square may be one of the most recognizable green roofs in all of Canada, and it is a key feature of the overall revitalization project for this iconic public space. The design team has already earned numerous awards for their work, and the latest award is one [...]
New LiveRoof® Green Roof Moves Colorado College Closer to Carbon Neutral Goal
With a 2650 square foot LiveRoof® Green Roof installed on the Honnen Ice Arena, Colorado College moves closer to its goal of becoming Carbon Neutral by 2020. Colorado College has long-embraced sustainability through a progressive plan of tangible initiatives to address energy consumption, sustainability in the dining halls, water [...]