Green Roofs Systems

BCIT Centre for Architectural Ecology – Collaborations in Green Roofs and Living Walls

Provides a resource centre for the academic, design, and construction community to advance green roof technology.

• BCIT Publications Webpage
• Thermal and Acoustical Performance of Greening Roofs for Sustainable Communities

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

CMHC has several publications related to green roofs including research reports and case studies of buildings with green roofs.

• Design Guidelines for Green Roofs
• Greenbacks from Green Roofs: Forging a New Industry in Canada
• Merchandise Lofts Building Green Roof Case Study
• Soka-Bau Green Roof Case Study
• Waterfall Building Green Roof Case Study

Green Roofs For Healthy Cities

Provides research, education and training on green roof design, construction, maintenance and technology and aims to raise awareness of green roofs in North America.

• About Green Roofs

Metro Vancouver

The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) has developed a BuildSmart program that encourages the use of green building strategies and technologies by offering tools, technical resources and information on sustainable design and building practices to the building industry.

• Green Roofs
• Building Rating Systems
• Green Roof Inventory: Preface Report
• Green Value: Case Studies
• Green Value Report
• Introductory Manual for Greening Roofs

National Research Council's Institute for Research in Construction (NRC-IRC)

The NRC Institute for Research in Construction (NRC-IRC) is Canada's national construction research agency and has a number of research reports related to the performance and benefits of green roofs. The following publications, papers and reports can be found on the NRC Library and Publications webpage.

• Energy Efficiency and Environmental Benefits of Rooftop Gardens
• Engineering Performance of Green Rooftop Gardens Through Field Evaluation
• Evaluating Rooftop and Vertical Gardens as an Adaptation Strategy for Urban Areas
• Green Roof Infrastructure Technology Demonstration, Monitoring and Market Expansion Project
• Green Roof Research in British Columbia - An Overview
• Performance Evaluation of an Extensive Green Roof
• Performance of Green Roof Systems
• Sustainable Building Envelope - Garden Roof System Performance
• Thermal Performance of Extensive Green Roofs in Cold Climates
• Thermal Performance of Green Roofs Through Field Evaluation
• Using Garden Roof Systems to Achieve Sustainable Building Envelopes
• Using Garden Roof System to Improve Performance
• Green Roofs and Homeowner Protection