​JADE DRAGON INTERNATIONAL BUILDERS, INC. BRINGS  YOU:     

LIGHTWEIGHT GREEN ROOF GROWING MEDIA

 

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS:

• Good drainage and aeration

• Sufficient water holding capacity

• Cation exchange capacity (ability to hold nutrients)

• Permanent and resistant to decomposition

• Lightweight but sturdy vs. conventional growing media

• Stable with sufficient internal shear capacity to anchor roots

• Safer vs. conventional growing media

• Environmentally Friendly

• Helps Comply With Updated City Ordinances On Green Roofing and Green Walling

• Less Messy Than Conventional Growing Media

 

GOING LIGHT WHILE GOING GREEN.

 

INTRODUCTION

Green roof technology is fast emerging internationally as a viable low impact design tool in dense urban areas to provide environmental and economic benefits.

 

Germany is acknowledged as the pioneer and the current leader in green roof construction technology.

 

Jade Dragon International Builders, Inc. is one of the country's pioneers in promoting and providing LIGHTWEIGHT GREEN ROOF GROWING MEDIA as a much more convenient, more urban-friendly, forward-looking, structure-friendly, and  safer way to go green!

 

WHAT IS JADE DRAGON'S LIGHTWEIGHT GREEN ROOF GROWING MEDIA?

It is  an engineered soil-free blend of inorganic minerals designed as support substrate for extensive single course vegetated roof installation.

 

It follows closely the criteria for substrate as listed in the German FLL 2008 Edition of Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofing, accepted worldwide as green roof construction standards and is now being exported to Singapore.

 

GREEN ROOF ADVANTAGES

• Reduced energy consumption through more efficient air conditioning brought by enhanced insulation

• Mitigation of “urban heat island” effect by lower heat absorption, reduction of reflected heat and the cooling effect of vegetation

• Prolonging the service life of rooftops by protecting the surface for UV-caused degradation

• Creating urban habitat and lessening the impact of the building footprint on the natural environment

• Absorption of volatile pollutants and airborne particulates

• Reducing noise transmission

• Providing an area of social amenity with an atmosphere of favorable microclimate

 

PRIVATE BENEFITS

• —Energy savings

• —Roof membrane protection and life extension

• —Sound insulation

• —Fire resistance

• —Space for amenity and urban agriculture

• —Increased marketability

 

 

PUBLIC BENEFITS

• —Mitigation of the heat island effect

• —Stormwater retention

• —Cleaner air

• —Creation of habitat

• —Carbon sink