Sustainability Meets Design in BMI’s Green Roof Solutions

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Sustainability Meets Design in BMI’s Green Roof Solutions

At building projects in Austria, Norway, and France, green roofs ensure sustainability, improve performance and complement a modern architectural vision.

As the largest manufacturer of flat and pitched roofing systems in Europe, BMI, a Standard Industries company, offers a comprehensive range of green roof solutions. These green roofs can be as simple as a low-maintenance, no-traffic sedum roof or as complex as outdoor terracing systems with high foot traffic and extensive planting. In addition to their sustainability and lifestyle benefits—which include the reduction of stormwater runoff, the absorption of CO2 and even the increased wellness of building residents and employees—green roofs can prolong a roof’s lifespan by protecting membranes from UV light.
See how sustainable roofing meets modern design in these green roof projects by BMI.

Paris Hotel de Ville (City Hall)

Developers at the Paris City Hall selected BMI’s Siplast brand to test out a design for a rooftop vegetable garden and vineyard. On this previously inaccessible roof terrace in the heart of Paris, Siplast built the infrastructure for a garden that was cultivated over a three-year trial period beginning in 2017. Construction of the garden included preparing almost 1,000 square meters of flat roofing, reinforcing the existing membranes with a dedicated bitumen membrane for green roofs and establishing a honeycomb grate for artificial groundwater. 

Facts:

  • Location: Paris, France
  • Type: Public-sector
  • Year completed: 2017
  • Size of installation: 1,000 square meters

Eufemias Hage Residential Complex

As part of one of Oslo’s largest city development projects of all time —housing 10,000 residents and nearly 20,000 commercial spaces—the Eufemias Hage residential complex has been praised for its sustainable, modern design and is the first development to be awarded BREEAM-NOR ‘Very good’ status. On its rooftop terrace, residents of the building can gather with friends or reserve their own gardening space to grow vegetables, all while enjoying views of the nearby fjord. The developers of the complex called on BMI to support the design and planning as well as supply the contractors for the installation of the 1,300 square-meter green roof, thanks to BMI’s past success in urban development in the area. 
Facts:
  • Location: Oslo, Norway
  • Year completed: 2018
  • Type: Residential
  • Size of installation: 1,300 square meters over 8 buildings

The View2 Residential Complex

With an impressive vista overlooking the city of Salzburg—including one of Europe’s largest medieval castles, the Hohensalzburg fortress—the landscaped courtyards and terraced roofs of The View2 make the complex an idyllic retreat for its residents. BMI’s Villas brand installed nearly 40,000 square meters of roofing for the project’s 125 residential units, including bituminous membranes and innovative green roof solutions.
Facts:
  • Location: Koppl, near Salzburg, Austria
  • Year completed: 2018
  • Type: Residential
  • Size of installation: 40,000 square meters, 125 residential units

Greencity Graz

Constructed at the foot of St. Martin Castle in southwest Graz, the Greencity Graz project offers a green, urban oasis in the heart of the Austrian countryside. Developers equipped the green roofs of seven residences (which house over 300 rental- and owner-occupied units) with products from BMI’s Villas brand, ensuring a long-lasting, durable roofing solution.
Facts:
  • Location: Graz, Austria
  • Year completed: 2018
  • Type: Residential
  • Size of installation: 3,000 square meters