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Transform your roof into a Stormwater Management Tool! Visit us at booth #44

Find your stormwater solution at the Green Roof Sluiceway. Visit us at booth #44 at the New Jersey Chapter ALSA Annual Meeting 2020 on Feb. 9-11 at Harrah’s in Atlantic City.

Furthermore, on Monday Feb. 10 at 1 PM see the Stormwater Sluiceway: An Interactive Green Roof Demo.

Over the three days, Rodney Chaney, Technical Sales Manager, will be at the NJASLA to answer your questions. For instance, he will measure water retention and detention, as well as heat transfer, and compare to a traditional black roof. It is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with innovative green roof technology.

Touch, feel and witness how a green roof plays a vital role in retaining and detaining rainfall, attenuating stormwater, mitigating the urban heat island effect and reducing the environmental footprint.

Many Benefits of Green Roofs

For example, vegetated roofing systems reduce the environmental footprints the following ways:

Water The green roof helps detain and retain rainfall at its source and control runoff.

Energy saving Through shading, insulation and evaporative cooling the green roof helps reduce energy use.

Climate Green roof reduces flash floods and combined sewage overflow. It addition, it mitigates the urban heat island effect.

Ask us about the latest Innovation in Green Roofs: Detention Technology

Powered by the Purple-Roof Concept, StormCap^TM +Detention is a green roof that works to manage stormwater even when it is wet.

It reduces the severity of flash floods by delaying roof runoff during the largest rain events, and it even works when it is totally wet! Rain is temporarily accumulated on the roof which reduces the need for underground cisterns, thus freeing-up valuable underground space that can instead be used for profitable purposes like retail or parking space. SC+D offers property owners a clear return on investment.

Stormwater is the main way pollution gets into the rivers and waterways

A good rainfall cleans the city streets. As a result, all the road salt, cigarette butts, animal feces, antifreeze and other garbage is swept up in the rain and into the storm sewers and our waterways.

Meanwhile, the Sluiceway illustrates how green roof system helps retain and detain rainfall onsite and subsequently mitigate stormwater pollution.

How Green Roofs Help

Volunteers can pour gallons of water onto two sloping platforms.  Platform One will mimic a typical roof and feature a waterproofing membrane and trash that would be found on road ways and end up in the sewers. Platform Two features the StormCap^TM pre-vegetated system that collects rainfall and helps with stormwater management.  At the end of each platform a storage bin will collect the “rainfall” and trash.  The audience will witness the performance of the StormCap^TM vegetated roofing system and learn why vegetative roofing technology plays a key role in stormwater management.

Image to the left depicts green roof benefits of protecting and cooling a building and capturing stormwater at the source.

Urbanscape’s Needled Mineral Blanket – Ideal for Vegetated Roofs

• Supplements or, in some cases, replaces heavy growing media.
• Water reservoir helps support plant health.
• Provides more credits under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program (The material contributes to eight additional points under LEED v4. These include credits in the Sustainable Sites [Protect or Restore Habitat, Open Space, Rainwater Management, and Heat Island Reduction], Energy and Atmosphere [Optimize Energy Performance], Materials and Resources [Environmental Product Declarations], and Indoor Environmental Quality [Thermal Comfort and Acoustic Performance] categories.); and
• Performs exceptionally and reliably as a rooftop stormwater management tool throughout the lifespan of the vegetated roof. For example, Sweden’s Karolinska University Hospital, Rentenversicherung headquarters in Berlin, and various projects throughout Baltic and Scandinavian countries.

Needled Mineral Hydro Blanket comes in a roll and has a density of 286 to 319 lb/35 cf.

Likewise, it is available as Hydro Cubes (0.8 x 0.8 in) and Hydro Flocks (0.1 to 0.8 in.) and is recommended for containers, patios, terraces and ground level landscaping applications.

 

Similarly, cubes and flocks are added to a traditional growing medium and contribute to better soil structure, water-holding capacity, and aeration. Subsequently, the retained rainwater inside the Hydro Cubes or Hydro Flocks is available for plant uptake and improves plant survivability.

Visit Us at Booth #44

Please visit us and Rodney Chaney at Stormwater Capture Co Booth #44.

Stormwater Capture Co offers a single source solution for a complete green roof system package . We customize your system to local requirements and provide warranty and support.  We are a one-stop-shop supplying vegetated mats, high performing base layers, pavers and accessories.

Contact Rodney for more info or a free quote on your upcoming project.

Transform your roof into a Stormwater Management Tool! Start at the Sluiceway 

Test out the Green Roof Sluiceway on April 12 at the PA-DE ASLA Annual Meeting at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Cranberry Township.

At booth #23, Rodney Chaney will measure and compare water retention as well as heat transfer on vegetated roofs vs black roofs.. It is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with innovative green roof technology. Touch, feel and witness how a green roof plays a vital role in retaining and detaining rainfall, attenuating stormwater, mitigating the urban heat island effect and reducing the environmental footprint.

Many Benefits

Vegetated roofing systems reduce the environmental footprint in many ways, simultaneously.

For instance:
• Water: The green roof helps detain and retain rainfall at its source and therefore control runoff.

• Energy saving: Through shading, insulation and evaporative cooling the green roof therefore helps reduce energy use.

• Climate: Green roof reduces flash floods and combined sewage overflow. It addition, it mitigates the urban heat island effect.

Stormwater is the main way pollution gets into the rivers and waterways

A good rainfall really cleans the city streets.  All the road salt, cigarette butts, animal feces, antifreeze, dust, automotive rubber and metal — all is swept up in the rain, into the storm sewers and therefore into our waterways.

The Sluiceway will illustrate this with an interactive demonstration of the how green roof systems help retain and detain rainfall.

How Green Roofs Help

Volunteers can pour gallons of water onto two sloping platforms.  Platform One will mimic a typical roof and feature a waterproofing membrane. Trash and that would be found on city walk and road ways and end up in the sewer system. Platform two features the StormCap pre-vegetated system that collects rainfall and helps with stormwater management.  At the end of each platform a storage bin will collect the “rainfall” and trash.  The audience will witness the performance of the StormCap vegetated roofing system and learn why vegetative roofing technology plays a key role in stormwater management.

Image to the left depicts green roof benefits of protecting and cooling a building and capturing stormwater at the source.

Urbanscape’s Needled Mineral Blanket – Ideal for Vegetated Roofs

• It can can supplement or, in some cases, replace heavy growing media.
• It can act as a water reservoir while supporting plant health.
• It achieves more credits under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program (The material contributes to eight additional points under LEED v4. These include credits in the Sustainable Sites [Protect or Restore Habitat, Open Space, Rainwater Management, and Heat Island Reduction], Energy and Atmosphere [Optimize Energy Performance],
• Materials and Resources [Environmental Product Declarations], and Indoor Environmental Quality [Thermal Comfort and Acoustic Performance] categories.); and
• It performs exceptionally and reliably as a rooftop stormwater management tool throughout the lifespan of the vegetated roof (as seen on Sweden’s Karolinska University Hospital, Rentenversicherung headquarters in Berlin, and various projects throughout Baltic and Scandinavian countries).

Needled Mineral Hydro Blanket comes in a roll and has a density of 286 to 319 lb/35 cf. It is also available as Hydro Cubes (0.8 x 0.8 in) and Hydro Flocks (0.1 to 0.8 in.) and is recommended for containers, patios, terraces and ground level landscaping applications. Cubes and flocks are added to a traditional growing medium and contribute to better soil structure, water-holding capacity, and aeration. The retained rainwater inside the Hydro Cubes or Hydro Flocks is easily available for plant uptake and improves plant survivability.

Visit Us

Please visit us and Rodney Chaney at Stormwater Capture Co Booth #23.

Stormwater Capture Co offers a single source solution for a complete green roof system package . We customize your system to local requirements and provide warranty and support.  We are a one-stop-shop supplying vegetated mats, high performing base layers, pavers and accessories.

Contact Rodney for more info or a free quote on your upcoming project.