Sustainability

At Specified Roofing, our goal is to educate and design roofing systems with sustainability as the key driver. ​The following items are some of the benefits associated with green and sustainable roofing systems

  • Storm Water Management: Green Roofs help alleviate the stress put on our storm water management system as they absorb a substantial amount of rainfall (Toronto Stormwater management incentive)
  • Energy Efficiency: With a green roof, the system absorbs heat and acts an an insulator to reduce energy costs
  • Heat Island Effect: Hard, heat-absorbent surfaces retain more heat than areas with vegetation and plant life. White & Green roofs help reduce the area of heat absorbent surfaces to help lower the overall temperature in urban areas
  • Air Pollution Reduction: By lowering the demand for air conditioning, green roofs can decrease the production of air pollution
  • LEED Credits: Ability to increase LEED points to attain LEED certification
  • Sustainable Design: Green roofs offer protection to conventional roofing surfaces from solar radiation and other weather conditions and in effect may act to significantly reduce surface degradation.