Green Roofs Association

The scandinavian green infrastructure association sgia is a non profit organisation with members from academia municipal departments green roof entrepreneurs architects developers and other organisations with an interest in green roofs and urban green infrastructure.

Green roofs association.

Gro is a partnership of industry and stakeholders coming together to develop guidance for specification design manufacturing installation and maintenance of green roofs. An extensive green roof can reduce sound from outside by 40 decibels while an intensive green roof can reduce sound by 46 50 decibels peck et al. Back into our cities a single green roof can be a habitat for over 200 wildbee species welcome to the european federation of green roof associations. The international greenroof greenwall industry s resource and online information portal.

The green roof organisation gro is an independent not for profit trade association that has been established to develop the organisation from being a special interest group into a world class membership organisation supporting and developing the uk green roofing industry. The organisation that brings europe s green roof associations together. Green roofs for healthy cities grhc is the north american industry association for the green roof and wall sectors. The gro code is the result of unpaid technical cooperation across the uk green roof industry.

Grhc develops and protects the market by increasing the awareness of the economic social and environmental benefits of green roofs green walls and other forms of living architecture through education advocacy professional development and celebrations of excellence. Green roofs can increase a building s marketability. The fifteen associations promote and encourage the uptake of green roofs and green walls in their countries to help. The organisation has been a member of the european federation of green roof and wall associations efb since 2006 as the uk representative.

Gro represents all elements of the uk green roof industry including manufacturers of waterproofing and green roofing. The international green roof association igra is a global network for the promotion and dissemination of information on green roof topics and green roof technology. Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although.