Sustainability: Green roofs

By Simon Rawlinson, Davis Langdon and Davis Langdon Davis Langdon Simon Rawlinson2006-06-30T00:00:00

London Zoo’s Komodo Dragon House boasts a 300 m2 green roof, erected in 2004 by Miller Roofing using Sarnafil products, and based on biodiversity principles developed in Switzerland

Living roofs are often specified for their symbolic value, as a statement of the owner or developer's environmental credentials. But, as Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explains, there are also tangible cost and performance benefits to going green up top

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