Climate Resiliency for Vegetated Roof Assembly
Scope:
This Standard provides guidance to support the adaptation and climate resilience of urban communities in the face of climate change for Vegetative Roof Assembly (VRA), a.k.a. green roofs.
Project need:
The purpose of the NSC is to develop a nationally coherent standard on VRA that extracts best practices from existing guidance, adapted to different regions across Canada. This proposed New Standard is being developed at the request of Standards Council of Canada. It will provide the industry with requirements for the following items:
1.Pre-installation: requirement verification
- Review of current local regulation and guidance
- Climatic load (e.g., wind speed, wind uplift, heat, rain)
- VRA design considerations
- Structural requirements (building and roofing capacity)
2.During construction and installation
- Health and safety considerations
3.Post installation program
- Vegetation maintenance/replacement protocol
Fire risk monitoring
This will meet the strategic needs of the following key interests:
- ensuring that the latest innovative/technology/safety features are available for users,
- addressing needs of regulators by providing suitable requirements; and
- supporting certification bodies.
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