Press & Media Coverage
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Incentivizing Green Infrastructure - The Floor Area Ratio Bonus
There are a lot of incentives for green roofs in the world today which improve the business case for implementation. Many of those incentives rely on making one-time payments based on the size of the green roof. While these incentives are good, there is an incentive that is much longer lasting and creates broader benefits for more people. This is the floor-area-ratio bonus.
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Moisture Absorption in Polystyrene Insulation: Effects on In-Service Design R-Values
Garden Roof Benefits Patients at Pediatric Hospital in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, CA. (November 26, 2019) There are many reasons to incorporate a green or living roof into a design, including energy conservation, water management, and financial benefits. For one project in Palo Alto, California, the benefits of having a green roof transcended financial gains, and instead served a higher role.
The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) at Stanford, originally constructed in 1991, is ranked as a top pediatric hospital in the nation and wins numerous healthcare awards year after year. A 2017 expansion opened a new 521,000 sq.ft. building and 3-1/2 acres of gardens and green space. There is overwhelming evidence that a connection to nature actively supports the healing process for patients, especially children. The LPCH recently incorporated healing, outdoor spaces into its new design, as well as outdoor patios at every level to bring the beauty of nature inside.... Continue Reading
Climate change and stormwater management
Climate change and stormwater management
A new color is emerging in the roofing field; after green roofs and white roofs, now here is the blue roof. The dense nature of urban areas, combined with the increased intensity of rain events and lack of at-grade green spaces, heavily taxes our municipal stormwater infrastructure. With increased risks of urban and overflow flooding would be expected outcomes of over-taxed sewers. To counter these costly scenarios, addressing water where it falls – at the rooftop – is increasingly being considered. It is very expensive to increase the capacity of our old and outdated infrastructure. Underground space is also crowded with different utilities in the public right-of-way; the use of this space is limited. Flat roof surfaces provide a vast untapped resource to increase the ability to capture rainfall.
The blue roof is designed to hold rainwater for a period of time, usually between 24 and 48 hours depending on the municipality’s... Continue Reading
No Chicago H20 Blues
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2019) Very near Lake Michigan in Chicago, Northwestern Medical Center faced several challenges in bringing a new campus building to life. Designed by Perkins+Will, the project involves a phased construction where a 14-story base building is presently under construction; a 20-story tower addition is planned for construction in five to 10 years. Since the project is built-out to all property lines there are no at-grade landscape areas, which presented a particular challenge given the city’s Dept. of Stormwater Management permit requirement that the project account the total building mass and footprint.
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Hydrotech Announces New Fourth Edition Garden Roof Planning Guide
Hydrotech, a recognized leader in the vegetative roofing market, today announced the availability of the Fourth Edition of the company’s widely acclaimed Garden Roof® Planning Guide. For the last five years, updated print, online and app version of the complimentary resource have transformed more than 22 years of vegetative roof experience into an educational tool and resource for architects, facility management, building owners, installers and contractors on the latest technology, applications and benefits of vegetative roofs.
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Hydrotech Membrane Corp. achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Hydrotech is proud to have been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard that ensures products and services meet the needs of clients through an effective quality management system.
Hydrotech Membrane Corporation's successful ISO 9001:2015 certification is testament to the positive engagement of our colleagues at all levels of the plant, and demonstrates a clear desire to embrace the standard as a fundamental element of its growth and customer focus strategies. The decision to work towards ISO 9001:2015 accreditation demonstrates Hydrotech's commitment to constant improvement of products, processes, procedures and systems in order to satisfy client’s needs. The ISO 9001:2015 standard demands a higher degree of leadership commitment than the previous standards and is underpinned by risk-based thinking.
Hydrotech Announces New Protected Membrane Roof (PMR) Planning Guide
Hydrotech, a recognized leader in the development and distribution of premium waterproofing and roofing assemblies, today announced the availability of their Protected Membrane Roof (PMR) Planning Guide , a unique, new resource representing more than 50 years of proven assembly experience across the globe and 35+ years of Hydrotech’s industry knowledge. The guide strives to educate architects, engineers, general contractors and other design professionals on the key benefits of a protected membrane roof versus a conventional roof, the technology currently available and best practices for effective installations.
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Hydrotech Expands Garden Roof® Assemblies with the InstaGreen® GT-4 Tray
ANJOU, QUEBEC (October 11, 2017) Hydrotech – a market leader in the development and distribution of premium waterproofing and roofing products and assemblies, today announced the introduction of the InstaGreen ® GT-4 pre-vegetated tray, an expansion of the InstaGreen ® product line within the Garden Roof ® portfolio of assemblies.
The GT-4 tray is one option for a stormwater management plan by providing valuable green space as a BMP on roofs to handle the first rains. It consolidates all growing media, drainage and vegetation in one convenient package for easy transport and installation by roofing professionals and landscape contractors. The tray is composed of 100% fully recycled content and features other key benefits such as:
300 mm x 600 mm high performance format can hold up to 100 mm of media for optimum plant growth Unique reservoir base design for increased water capacity and sustained plant growth in times of drought Perforated side walls to promote inter-tray... Continue ReadingCreating “Green” hospitals; Quebec is seeing a “going green” movement emerging in the health care industry, as well as, creating environments centered around the public (French article)
Over the last ten years, enormous sums have been invested in the construction of modern university hospital centers and the renovation of existing establishments that have become obsolete. New institutions have a much more environmentally responsible profile by considering environmental impacts, social benefits, and economic sustainability throughout their life cycle. This is the case of the University of Montreal hospital (CHUM), the McGill University health center (CUSM) and the CHU Sainte-Justine, just to name a few. Continue Reading
Update on Wind Standards
Wind data is a critical issue to consider when building a new structure. An increase in the number of green roofs on buildings has driven a need for new wind design standards to be written for vegetative roofing assemblies. Richard Hayden discusses what is being done to update the protocol that is in place to incorporate built-up (loose laid) vegetated roofing assemblies. Continue Reading
One category , three prizes at the Durabilys event of the CaGBC-Qc (French article)
Exceptional green roof price at the 2016 Durabilys event . This contest was designed to recognize and promote outstanding projects in 3 categories (residential, commercial/industrial and institutional).
Congratulations to Les Toits Vertige for installing 3 of the winning green roof projects.
The prize winner in the institutional category, the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium , includes the first GardNet growing media confinement system installation in Quebec. Continue Reading
Recent Press
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December 7, 2020
There are a lot of incentives for green roofs in the world today which improve the business case for implementation. Many of those incentives rely on making one-time payments based on the size of the green roof. While...
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November 11, 2020 Moisture absorption is a familiar concept. It is easy to understand moisture absorption mechanisms in polystyrene insulation. Unfortunately, some insulation-performance claims can be misleading when based on test...
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November 26, 2019
Palo Alto, CA. (November 26, 2019) There are many reasons to incorporate a green or living roof into a design, including energy conservation, water management, and financial benefits. For one project in Palo Alto,...
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November 11, 2019
Climate change and stormwater management
A new color is emerging in the roofing field; after green roofs and white roofs, now here is the blue roof. The dense nature of urban areas, combined with the increased intensity of rain events and...
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May 2, 2019
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2019) Very near Lake Michigan in Chicago, Northwestern Medical Center faced several challenges in bringing a new campus building to life. Designed by Perkins+Will, the project involves...
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October 17, 2018
Hydrotech, a recognized leader in the vegetative roofing market, today announced the availability of the Fourth Edition of the company’s widely acclaimed Garden Roof® Planning Guide. For the last five years, updated...