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Green roofs are plants and vegetation growing on a roof. They are sometimes known as living roofs and can contain a variety of different plants including (but not limited to) sedum/succulents, shrubs, grass and New Zealand native plants.

Green roofs contribute to healthy cities and are the logical choice when considering green building design in urban areas.

They benefit the environment in a number of ways:
• they manage stormwater runoff by retaining rainwater
• they remove CO2 from the air and release oxygen
• they reduce the amount of heat absorbed from the sun and then released by buildings, back into the environment ("urban heat island effect")
• they insulate buildings by keeping the heat in during the winter and the heat out during the summer
• they enable a building to merge into the landscape around it

• they encourage biodiversity within the urban environment

Greenroofs Ltd is unique to New Zealand and offers a comprehensive, specialised green roof service, from concept design through to installation. A technical consultancy service is also available.

Greenroofs Ltd specialise in all types of green or living roofs; extensive, semi-intensive and intensive. For smaller green roof projects a DIY kit is also available. Greenroofs Ltd is also able to install green walls/vertical gardens (see Our Products and Services for more information).

To date Greenroofs Ltd. have been involved with the installation of the green roofs at the University of Auckland, the award-winning roof at Waitakere Civic Centre in Henderson and supplied and installed green roofs at the University of Waikato and the NZI building in Fanshawe Street in Auckland, as well as numerous private and residential projects.