Green Roof Dead Loads

Green roof shall provide suitable drainage and water retention capacity to support healthy vegetation cover according to specified vegetation performance.

Green roof dead loads.

We can provide more information on individual products or systems on request. Astm e2397 is the established standard procedure for determining the dead and live loads associated with green roof systems. Add a conservative snow load allowance for flat roofs of 15 p s f and the design criteria can easily exceed 70 p s f. On the pages below we show a summary of our product range.

The dead load of a green roof assembly should be determined on a project specific basis because growth medium composition varies from job to job. Green roofs typically use lightweight engineered soils with very light drainage and insulation layers. The dead load on a roof is the weight of the roof structure itself along with any permanently attached materials or structures on the roof so it must be designed first of all to. The second trussed roof is designed for a dead load of 160kg m 2 and a live load of 40kg m 2.

For a modest building using 2500 sq ft. Of living roof construction this could translate to 175 000 pounds of dead load on the roof top. The use of reliable and established products that comply with green roofing guidelines is important. The long term performance of green roofs depends on many factors.

Arch 331 note set 13 1 s2014abn 2. D dead load l live load l r live roof load w wind load s snow load e earthquake load r rainwater load or ice water load t effect of material temperature h hydraulic loads from soil f hydraulic loads from fluids. The venny green roof has shallow substrates on two types of roof the first roof is on shipping containers and is designed for a dead load of 250kg m 2 and live load of 100kg m 2. Roof shall balance drainage and water retention to meet drainage requirements but retain as much rain as possible while still meeting drainage and maximum wet weight dead load requirements.

The values for dead loads in table 3 2 are for commonly used materials and constructions in light frame residential buildings.