Also called green roofs, garden roofs, eco-roofs and living roofs, vegetative roofs deliver many benefits to the building owner and surrounding community. Studies worldwide have clearly demonstrated that vegetative roofs make a positive impact on their local environment that ripples through the larger eco and economic systems they affect.

• Clean the air of particulate matter

• Create habitat areas for indigenous wildlife

• Provide aesthetic appeal to surrounding locations

• Reduce the urban heat island effect prevalent in many metropolitan areas

• Control storm water run-off, absorbing it and then releasing it slowly