Compliance with the fire performance requirements of the Building Regulations of the United Kingdom has never been more important, or more focused upon by building control officers, fire risk assessors, insurers, specifiers and contractors. To help GRO Members and with wider industry both understand the building regulations requirements and how to comply with then GRO has produced The GRO Fire Performance of Green Roofs Best Practice Guide.

The GRO guide builds upon the content of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) publication, ‘Fire Performance of Green Roofs and Walls’ which has provided best practice fire performance compliance guidance since August 2013, but which is out of date in places and inconsistent and unclear in others.

The Green Roof Organisation (GRO) represents the Green, Blue and Biosolar roofing industry on BSI committee FSH/22/-/8 Fire resistance tests for external fire exposure for roofs and the UK on European Committee CEN TC 127 Working Group 5 Test methods for external fire exposure to roofs.