{"id":759,"date":"2010-01-21T14:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2018-02-05T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:45:06","slug":"the-benefits-of-green-roofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/the-benefits-of-green-roofs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Green Roofs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all those homeowners considering garden roofs, this rapidly developing specialty of landscape construction offers many sustainable benefits beyond just the wow factor of directly integrating garden spaces into residential architecture. The reduction in many of the ongoing heating, cooling, and insulation costs can help pay for the added cost of a green roof installation.<\/p>\n<p>There was a great article in this month\u2019s <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.watershapes.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watershapes.com\/\">Watershapes Magazine<\/a> on roof gardens. It\u2019s a good primer and background on green roof types and the additional insulation and HVAC benefits to the insulation green roofs provide. (Catch it before the end of this month with the free on-line version)<\/p>\n<p><em>Below is a gallery of a recent roof garden in Tiburon. We worked with Caletti Jungsten Construction and Pedersen Landscape Architecture to create a green roof for this unqiue pool house. See more in our Garden with a View Portfolio.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-759 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3878-Medium.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[759]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3878-Medium-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-760\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-760'>\n\t\t\t\tPool House with Green Roof\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3793-Medium.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[759]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3793-Medium-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-762\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-762'>\n\t\t\t\tGreen Roof Lawn &#038; Plantings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3822-Medium.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[759]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSCN3822-Medium-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-763\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-763'>\n\t\t\t\tIntegrated Railing &#038; Plantings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSC_8822-Medium.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[759]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/DSC_8822-Medium-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-764\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-764'>\n\t\t\t\tSoil, Irrigation &#038; Roof Prep\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all those homeowners considering garden roofs, this rapidly developing specialty of landscape construction offers many sustainable benefits beyond just the wow factor of directly integrating garden spaces into residential architecture. The reduction in many of the ongoing heating, cooling, and insulation costs can help pay for the added cost of a green roof installation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/the-benefits-of-green-roofs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Benefits of Green Roofs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/2404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oclandscape.com\/ocblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}