Win-win for rooftop sustainability

摘要

With modern planning conditions, most local authorities require new buildings to include both a green roof and a significant percentage of site sourced renewables; and if the construction is in a flood hazard area it must also incorporate a viable sustainable drainage scheme (SuDS) with defined allowable discharge rates. Architects are compelled to produce a design where the technologies are each given the full useable roof area. So is this too difficult to achieve, or is it entirely possible? Tom Raftery, solar PV (photovoltaic) product manager at Bauder, discusses how the company is embracing a cohesive stance to offer the ideal scenario.