World Green Roof Day 2023
Biosolar roof installation, Bridgman & Bridgman
World Green Roof Day is an annual celebration of the architectural design, technology and innovation that enables us to combine engineering and ecology to create habitat and grow plants on top of man-made structures.
World Green Roof Day falls on 6th June 2023 and promises to be a real treat for anyone interested in sustainable buildings, biodiversity net gain and the fight against climate change.
GRO are proud to play an integral part in the World Green Roof Day celebrations and would like to encourage all of our friends and followers (members and non-members) to participate in any way that they can.
We’re celebrating the many benefits associated with green roofs as well as the developers, architects, planners, suppliers, installers and maintenance crews who continue to help grow this global industry.
Bee on Sedum Roof – Jonathan Lucas
Green Roof Benefits
- Absorption of excess rainfall thus reducing the risk of flooding
- Creating wildlife habitat
- Contributing to biodiversity net gain without disrupting human activity at ground level
- Combatting the urban heat island effect. Plants cool the air through evapotranspiration and can make city temperatures feel a lot more comfortable. Plus a living green roof changes the albedo of a building – which ensures that energy from the sun is absorbed rather than reflected.
- Thermal performance – The evaporative cooling effect of green roofs, combined with the increased thermal mass of the build-up, can reduce the need for summer cooling through the use of air conditioning, with a resultant reduction in carbon emissions.
- Rooftop gardens can be used for leisure and to promote wellbeing in areas where access to green space is limited
- Pollution control – By filtering dust from the air, green roof plants help to keep our atmosphere clean and breathable.
- Absorbs CO2 from the air and provides oxygen thus improving air quality
- Offering the potential for rooftop farming to support sustainable food supplies
- Increasing efficiency of PV panels on a green roof compared to a plant-free roof
- Aesthetically beautiful
For a more comprehensive view of green roof benefits, please download the GRO Code of Best Practice.
How to get involved
The GRO team would love to see as many people around the world as possible getting involved with World Green Roof Day.
- Share your thoughts and experiences of green roofing via blogs and articles
- Use social media to spread the word about green roofs and their benefits
- Show us your green roof pictures – either via email or on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin
- Search for social media posts about living roofs and share them for others to enjoy
- Learn more about the benefits of green roofs
- Download the GRO Code of Best Practice.
- Consider attending a green roof training course.
- Join GRO for regular updates on green roof innovations and case studies
- Click here to sing up for our newsletter.
Get the kids involved
World Green Roof Day Hashtags
May we suggest that you use some or all of these hashtags on your social media posts to raise awareness of World Green Roof Day?
The GRO team will be looking out for your tweets, posts and stories and will re-share as many of them as we possibly can.
Tag @WGRD2023 @worldgreenroofs @dusty_gedge and @livingrooftops and use #WGRD2023
Tag @WGRD2023 @greenroofsuk @worldgreenroof @greenroofs @GRHCna @EFBgreen @Grünstattgrau @IFLAEurope and use #WGRD2023
Tag Dusty Gedge and Chris Bridgman who came up with the idea for World Green Roof Day.
Share to the EFB and Livingroofs pages
We have not set anything specific up here as yet, so do tag Dusty Gedge, Chris Bridgman, Anna Roochove, David Mulholland, Angela Lambert and The Green roof organisation.
Many thanks and we look forward to seeing all your posts etc.
