Green Roof Toronto Residential

Our office is located in toronto canada and we service all of southern ontario.

Green roof toronto residential.

Skyspace green roofs is a full service architectural studio specializing in the creation of living roofs for the environmentally conscious home or building owner. For instance parts of greater toronto suffer from urban heat island syndrome which happens when cities are built in dense areas using heat absorbing materials like city pavement. In 2009 toronto was the first city in north america to adopt a bylaw to require and govern the construction of green roofs. The green roof bylaw sets out a graduated green roof requirement for new development or additions that are greater than 2 000 m in gross floor area.

Luckily toronto is the place to be for green roof hopping. Green roofs expertly developed for you. In downtown toronto that s equivalent to the area bordered bay st. How toronto became the leading green roof city in north america.

In this city green roofs also create lovely public spaces and. There are now 700 green roofs in the city according to toronto s planning department and the largest is on the recently completed 181 million mcnicoll bus garage at kennedy road and. Having a green roof in toronto is great for the environment because it helps improve air quality and divert waste from landfills. Thanks to a 2010 bylaw mandating that new commercial and residential buildings in toronto reserve at least 20 percent of their roof space for vegetation toronto was recently recognized for having installed the most green roof area in north america.

Our roofs help you offset the environmental impact of your building capture and manage storm water reduce energy costs and cool cities. The requirement ranges from 20 60 of the available roof space of a building. Green roofing is an increasingly popular option for residential and commercial buildings especially in urban areas. The city of toronto s eco roof incentive program promotes the installation of green and cool roofs on toronto s existing residential industrial commercial and institutional buildings and new buildings not subject to the green roof by law.

To the west front st. To the south and richmond st. For those who delight in nature s beauty our boutique offers roof top oases and green roof systems of all kinds and sizes and our eclectic group of. Eligible green roof projects will receive 75 square metre up to a maximum of 100 000.

The green roof bylaw sets out a graduated green roof requirement for new development or additions greater than 2 000 m gross floor area as well as governing the construction standards of green roofs. Total installed area since 2010 we ve installed green roofs on 250 buildings translating to 45 acres or over 180 000 square meters of green roof area.