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<td width="25%">Growing medium depth</td>
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<td>Growing medium depth</td>
<td width="25%">6 inches or less</td>
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<td>6 inches or less</td>
<td width="25%">25% of green roof area above or below 6 inches</td>
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<td>25% of green roof area above or below 6 inches</td>
<td width="25%">More than 6 inches</td>
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<td>More than 6 inches</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Accessibility</sup></td>
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<td>Accessibility</td>
<td width="25%">Often inaccessible</td>
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<td>Often inaccessible</td>
<td width="25%">May be partially accessible</td>
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<td>May be partially accessible</td>
<td width="25%">usually accessible</td>
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<td>usually accessible</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Fully staurated weight</td>
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<td>Fully staurated weight</td>
<td width="25%">Low: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
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<td>Low: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
<td width="25%">Varies: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
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<td>Varies: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
<td width="25%">High: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
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<td>High: 10 to 35 lb/ft<sup>2</sup> (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Plant diversity</td>
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<td>Plant diversity</td>
<td width="25%">Lower</td>
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<td>Lower</td>
<td width="25%">Greater</td>
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<td>Greater</td>
<td width="25%">Greatest</td>
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<td>Greatest</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Cost</td>
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<td>Cost</td>
<td width="25%">Low</td>
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<td>Low</td>
<td width="25%">Varies</td>
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<td>Varies</td>
<td width="25%">High</td>
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<td>High</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Maintenance</td>
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<td>Maintenance</td>
<td width="25%">Varies, but generally lower than for intensive green roofs</td>
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<td>Varies, but generally lower than for intensive green roofs</td>
<td width="25%">Varies</td>
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<td>Varies</td>
<td width="25%">Varies, but generally higher than for extensive green roofs</td>
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<td>Varies, but generally higher than for extensive green roofs</td>
 
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<td width="25%">Stormwater management</td>
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<td>Stormwater management</td>
<td width="25%">Best cost-benefit balance</td>
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<td>Best cost-benefit balance</td>
<td width="25%">More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benfits</td>
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<td>More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benfits</td>
<td width="25%">More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benefits</td>
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<td>More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benefits</td>
 
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Revision as of 21:13, 17 June 2013

General characteristics of extensive and intensive green roofs (adapted from Green Roofs for healthy Cities and the cardinal Group, 2006).
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Characteristic Extensive Semi-intensive Intensive
Growing medium depth 6 inches or less 25% of green roof area above or below 6 inches More than 6 inches
Accessibility Often inaccessible May be partially accessible usually accessible
Fully staurated weight Low: 10 to 35 lb/ft2 (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m2) Varies: 10 to 35 lb/ft2 (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m2) High: 10 to 35 lb/ft2 (48.8 to 170.9 kg/m2)
Plant diversity Lower Greater Greatest
Cost Low Varies High
Maintenance Varies, but generally lower than for intensive green roofs Varies Varies, but generally higher than for extensive green roofs
Stormwater management Best cost-benefit balance More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benfits More growing medium and more vigorous plant growth provides marginally greater stormwater volume benefits