LiveRoof at the Canadian Green Building Festival

We have mentioned LiveRoof, the green roof for people with short attention spans before; it is the "prevegetated modular green roof system" that installs, complete, in hours rather than years. While visiting the Green Building Festival, I found that Terry McGlade of Gardens in the Sky is now growing them in the Toronto area. He explains in the video above why it is such a good technology; one interesting point was that because the roots are already grown into a tight mass, there is far less opportunity for wind and water to carry loose soil away and wash it into the drains.

Detail of the system below the fold. ::Gardens in the SkyMore Green Roofs on TreeHugger:TreeHugger Picks: Green Roofs Go Big-TimeGreen Roofs On CarsDIY Green Roofs- Is This a Good Idea?An Early Green Roof. With Houses.A Picture is Worth... Grenivik Houses in Iceland2008 Award-Winning Green Roofs and WallsGreen Roofs in OsakaGreen Roofs : A primer : TreeHugger