This section of our website is intended to serve as an informational source to learn about roof layers and their significance in creating a structurally sound roof.
Select a roof system you wish to learn more about, roll over the different roof layers, and read each layers definition.
Extensive green roofs are ideally suited for locations that will receive little or no maintenance, or where structural capabilities are a concern. Extensive green roofs are thinner and have less layers than Intensive green roofs. They are characterized by their low weight, low capital cost and low maintenance.