Green Roof Dead Loads

The venny green roof has shallow substrates on two types of roof the first roof is on shipping containers and is designed for a dead load of 250kg m 2 and live load of 100kg m 2.

Green roof dead loads.

For a modest building using 2500 sq ft. Green roofs typically use lightweight engineered soils with very light drainage and insulation layers. The dead load on a roof is the weight of the roof structure itself along with any permanently attached materials or structures on the roof so it must be designed first of all to. Soil does not necessarily occupy the full depth of the assembly.

We can provide more information on individual products or systems on request. Arch 331 note set 13 1 s2014abn 2. The use of reliable and established products that comply with green roofing guidelines is important. 3 3 dead loads dead loads consist of the permanent construction material loads comprising the roof floor wall and foundation systems including claddings finishes and fixed equipment.

The second trussed roof is designed for a dead load of 160kg m 2 and a live load of 40kg m 2. D dead load l live load l r live roof load w wind load s snow load e earthquake load r rainwater load or ice water load t effect of material temperature h hydraulic loads from soil f hydraulic loads from fluids. The second most common conservative assumption found in the industry is to assume that the green roof is a soil load rather than a dead load. Astm e2397 is the established standard procedure for determining the dead and live loads associated with green roof systems.

The long term performance of green roofs depends on many factors. The dead load of a green roof assembly should be determined on a project specific basis because growth medium composition varies from job to job. Of living roof construction this could translate to 175 000 pounds of dead load on the roof top. On the pages below we show a summary of our product range.

Green roof shall provide suitable drainage and water retention capacity to support healthy vegetation cover according to specified vegetation performance.