RoofBloom builds a green roof in 7 minutes

Chris Wegscheid & Corrie Zoll - RoofBloom

Instead of waiting for green roofs to come to the Twin Cities as a product for mass consumption, RoofBloom was created to empower individuals with the knowledge and materials needed to install green roofs themselves. A collaboration between the Minnesota Green Roof Council and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, RoofBloom is taking action at a grass roots level, while focusing on improving the sustainability and effectiveness of green roof construction.

Recorded on May 2nd, 2007 at Solutions Volume 1 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

www.solutionstwincities.org

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[Achaeosic]

Not as advertized.

They just want to get you to go to their website.

I want to know how to build a cheap homemade green roof.

What are they using for moisture barrier. Is normal tar paper good enough?

Do you need a root barrier if all you have is grass up there?

[nyvendor]

unbelievably shitty video, two presentations at the same time? I really wanted to see the guy build the roof in seven mins, not here the lecture.

[AHP378]

how much did that model cost to build?

[schatze78]

Is it possible to install a green roof on a 2000 Nissan Sentra? I can't seem to find any info at all on green roof cars; even art cars. It gets so hot here in Houston, and there has to be a better way than blasting the air conditioner and getting only 20 miles to the gallon during summer as opposed to 29+ during the winter.

[cwegscheid]

There is. It depends largely on plant selection: most green roofs use species that are drought-tolerant. Also, runoff can be stored in cisterns and then pumped back up on the roof for irrigation during dry spells.

[georgiabow]

fantastic program. Would there be opoprtunities to use this concept in cities faced with the constant possibilities of drought like Sydney Australia?

[markjv]

coming into mainstream,we r going to redo our kitchen roof to a green 1, there r a few ways of doin it 1 company in canada has pre made panels. we go for grow ur own for food and other native plants not sedums, also solar too, govt pays for extra hydro now :)

its really affordable ( 20,000 to start and  u can tack it onto ur morg. ill get my dream home after all :)

cin

[nicogranada]

living in mexico city, man, how i wish this is done over here!!!