- Rooftop gardens and green roofs have numerous environmental and wellbeing benefits.
- Australia is far behind international cities in implementing green roofs and rooftop gardens.
- Experts argue for changes in regulations to mandate green roofs in new developments and provide incentives for developers to include them.
- The City of Sydney and Melbourne are working on policies and amendments to increase the uptake of green roofs.
- The slow adoption of green roofs in Australia is attributed to challenges such as load capacity, waterproofing, and retrofitting issues.
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Jesus that was an overly long article. The auto tldr didn’t even scrape the main points. Why is it hard to do?
Gardens are heavy and load is a safety issue. Waterproofing and damp are an issue Maintenance and getting stuff up to the roof is messy.
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Yeah getting compost up to the roof would be a hassle. Pretty sure most buildings are equipped to deal with a few extra tonnes though. Be a huge disaster if they aren’t
The article says most buildings can bare loads of 400kg but small trees and other garden setups can be 1300kg
That can be right. 400kg is like 4 people. That’s not correct.
Per square metre
Yeah. Makes sense