Our office is located in toronto canada and we service all of southern ontario.
Residential green roofs toronto.
Green roofs bring nature to urban roof tops while also absorbing rain water and cooling the air.
Thanks to a 2010 bylaw mandating that new commercial and residential buildings in toronto reserve at least 20 percent of their roof space for vegetation toronto was recently recognized for having installed the most green roof area in north america.
Welcome to skyspace green roofs skyspace green roofs is a full service architectural studio specializing in the creation of living roofs for the environmentally conscious home or building owner.
Toronto requires maintenance planning to obtain a green roof permit.
Creating a cost effective and low maintenance roof depends on several factors.
Eligible green roof projects will receive 75 square metre up to a maximum of 100 000.
A green roof insulates in the winter and cools off your home in the summer months.
Luckily toronto is the place to be for green roof hopping.
The green roof bylaw sets out a graduated green roof requirement for new development or additions greater than 2 000 m gross floor area as well as governing the construction standards of green roofs.
Green roofs green roofs not only provide a natural escape in an urban environment but complement man made grey infrastructure by absorbing harmful runoff and countering the urban heat island effect.