Biosolar Roof Havering
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Shouldn’t every school in the UK feature a roof like the biosolar roof in Havering? Biodiversity and energy efficiency combined.
Newly reorganised Green Roof Organisation GRO appoints P&P’s James Beattie to board
The UK’s leading body for standards in green roofs and green walls GRO (Green Roof Organisation) is now independent of its former parent the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC). GRO is working on a new set of guidelines for the industry. GRO has established a board of directors drawn from the most influential green infrastructure companies in the UK, including Pritchard and Pritchard’s chief operations director, James Beattie.
GRO (Green Roof Organisation) has established a board of directors drawn from the most influential green roofing and walling manufacturers and installers in the UK, including Pritchard and Pritchard’s chief operations director, James Beattie, to advise on the new guidelines for green roofs and walls for the UK.
GRO, which recently became independent of its parent the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has not updated the UK guidelines since 2014.
The GRO board of directors had their first meeting in February 2020 to discuss how to proceed with the new guidelines for the UK.
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The P&P team were called in to carry out the living wall remedial maintenance works on this living wall, click to read more about why…
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Would you believe that this boathouse is wrapped in living wall? A one-off innovative project installed by the P&P team.
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Green Roofs and Building Energy Performance: What the Research Really Shows
Green roofs are often discussed in terms of biodiversity, planning compliance, or stormwater management. But increasingly, research is demonstrating that they are also a credible passive energy strategy, particularly for the UK’s ageing building stock.
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Biosolar-roofs.com – world’s first website dedicated to roofs that combine living roofs and solar power
We are excited to launch Biosolar-roofs.com. The world’s first website dedicated to roofs that combine living roofs and solar power. This is the go-to resource for knowledge sharing, best practice, guidance, research, news and insights into biosolar roofing. This article explains the highlights of the new site.
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Green Wall Day, February 15th 2025
International Green Wall Day on February 15th 2025 celebrates and highlights the beauty and environmental benefits of living walls, green facades, vertical gardens and vertical forests. The date marks the anniversary of the birth of the living wall inventor and visionary landscape architect Stanley Hart White in 1891.
