• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
1.888.399.2221
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Whitco-logo

Whitco Roofing Atlanta Georgia

Industrial Roofing and Commercial Roofing Contractors in Atlanta, Georgia

  • Commercial and Industrial Roofing
    • Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) Roofing
    • Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Roofing
    • Ethylene-Propylene-Diene-Monomer (EPDM) Roofing
    • Modified Bitumen Roofing
    • Built-Up Roofs
    • Roof Coatings
    • Metal Roofing
    • Roofs by Building Type
  • Roof Asset Management
    • Roofing Term Definitions
    • Whitcommand
  • Sustainable Solutions
    • Energy Efficiencies
    • White EPDM Roofs & Fleeceback Roofing
    • Reflective Roof Coatings
    • Roof Gardens
    • Roof Skylights
    • Solar Roof Panels
    • Polyisocyanurate Roof Insulation
  • About Whitco
    • Leadership
    • References
    • Locations
    • Careers
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Login

Roof Gardens

Roof Gardens

Green roof 1-color

whitco icon

Roof Garden Appeal

Installing a rooftop garden has many benefits, even beyond those of a typical green roof system. Like a green roof system, a roof garden improves energy efficiency. But adding this feature to a building project has a range of other commercial and social benefits.

A well-designed roof garden will attract attention to your project, and that differentiation can be a major boost for a company’s financial success. Roof gardens generate buzz, add curb appeal, and have the potential to turn a building into an instant landmark.

Green roof 2-color

whitco icon

Roof Garden Efficiency

Roof gardens are fully functional social spaces, where companies can meet and entertain clients, host employee functions, or even rent as event space. Restaurants benefit from rooftop seating or can use the space to grow their own fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Not only does it add valuable usable space, it helps reduce rooftop noise infiltration by up to 40 db.

Roof gardens also help improve energy efficiency year-round. Plants can reduce the overall heat absorption of a roof’s surface, which results in less energy consumption. Plant surfaces do not rise more than eight to 10 degrees Fahrenheit above the ambient temperature. A roof garden also affects the temperature of the air as water evaporates from their leaves, cooling the surface area.

Green roof 2-color
Green Roof Layers

whitco icon

Roof Gardens Cut Heat Loss

Bioscience magazine conducted years of studies and reported that roof gardens can cut heat loss from a building by as much as 50 percent, and reduce air conditioning costs by as much as 25 percent. Roof gardens provide excellent resistance to thermal radiation, and the top layer of plants can shield as much as 88 percent of solar radiation. The benefits of a roof garden have been backed by the U.S. Green Building Council’s endorsements of the systems though the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program.

Because every roofing project is different, Whitco also offers pre-planted modular gardens as a cost-efficient alternative to a traditional roof garden. In these systems, trays are pre-planted and transported to your roof, rather than planting on the actual job site. Whitco uses modular, moveable planting trays for maximum flexibility with the design and function of your roof.

Green roof 4-color

whitco icon

Roof Garden Advantage

These systems offer many of the advantages of traditional roof gardens at a fraction of the price — costing about 40 percent less for initial installation. This type of system also requires less maintenance than a traditional roof garden.

Whitco’s roofing experts work with you to determine which system is best for your project. Whitco can also help you select the right plants for energy efficiency in your area, and bundle waterproofing with your garden system at a fraction of the cost.

Green roof 4-color

Contact Whitco Roofing today at 1.888.399.2221 to discuss your green roof options.

Footer

Whitco Logo Light
Corporate Headquarters
218 Ottley Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Phone: 1.888.399.2221
Email: support@whitcoroofing.com

Email Us

Copyright 2019 Whitco Roofing, All Rights Reserved | Email | Privacy Policy