Did you know that London is an average of 10 degrees warmer than other cities in the UK? Imagine if we had green roofs on every building in the city, the temperature of our city would reduce and lessen our impact on our fragile planet. Sedum absorbs the heat, it doesn’t bounce the heat back into the atmosphere. The plants are also air purifying, afford insulation, they help mitigate flood risk, encourage biodiversity, reduce air pollution and the urban heat island effect and also prolong the lifespan of the roof covering. One amazing fact I learnt today, was that they also increase the efficiency of solar panels, with a 5% gain as they stop the UV rays hitting and damaging the roof. Liv Eyres from Sedum Green Roof who will also be at Planted Country 9-11 June 2023 at Stourhead in Wiltshire, shares with us why they make for good habitats for biodiversity and so much more.
A sedum roof is essentially an additional layer on top of a finished waterproof roof. Little plants nestle in a tray, sitting in healthy (peat-free!) soil, on top of filter fleece and a drainage layer.
For me, happiness comes when we create habitats for wildlife, so these little roofs which Liv explains can literally go anywhere even on your shed (!), will go som way to helping create environments attractive to wildlife and so also helps mitigate habitat loss in construction.
Imagine if we had these on every schools, office and hospital? Not just on the roof of the building, but also on the bike sheds and those boring concrete or plastic units at eye level too, how pretty would our environment look?
Sedum Green Roof will be at Planted Country on the 9 – 11th June at the most beautiful National Trust venue in Stourhead Wiiltshire Book tickets here https://planted-community.co.uk Make sure you download the new mobile App as well.
Planted Country this year will revolve around the critically-acclaimed Planted Unearthed talks programme, and I am excited to be on a panel speaking with Oliver Heath, Hugo Bugg and James Scully of Recork about how Biophilic Design can reduce the impact of climate change. We will also be drilling down on what is biophilia and how can it be applied to design to improve our environment? This will be at 11am on the 9th of June 2023. See you there?
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