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34 Negocios photo courtesy of Efecto verde Efecto Verde will take part in creating close to 4,000 square meters of green roofs at the Iberoamericana University, in the Santa Fe zone, and the Children’s Papalote Museum.
cover feature green roofs biggest supporter of this activity, the number of ecological roofs went from 9 million square meters in 1994 to around 15 million by 2004. The greening of roofs is rooting around the world. Besides the environmental benefits this activity has demonstrated, creating gardens on building roofs brings multiple economic and social benefits. According to international studies, a green roof on average increases the commercial value of properties by 15%. It also translates into significant savings in the consumption of electrical energy by reducing the heat island effect and the use of air conditioning systems. It also results in property management saving as a green roof needs to be rain proved only once every 35 years. Green roofs arrived in Mexico in 1999 with a project promoted by the Biology Institute at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Natural Resources Commission of the Mexico City government. With financing from Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, this project installed the first green roof in the country on one of the buildings of the Biology Institute’s botanical garden. Currently, even though green roofs are not a new practice and their benefits have been proven, the cost of a rooftop garden continues being high for the general public. The cost is close to 100 usd per square meter, in addition to the monthly maintenance costs. There are some companies in the country dedicated to the design, development and installation of green roofs. In Mexico City there is Green Roof Systems of Mexico. It has been responsible for projects like the roof of The novelty of Efecto Verde The group uses containers with a novel design that is practical for greening Mexico City’s structures. The containers are manufactured with 100% recycled plastic. For the production of the flower pots, Efecto Verde receives donations of recycled trash. Six containers are required to cover a one square meter area. Their installation doesn’t require special preparations nor specific structural conditions. The area where these nature zones are placed is calculated based on the structural capacity of each building and the only requirement is the waterproofing of the roof. For each square meter of area covered with this system, 33 liters of rainwater is stored and not sent into the drainage system. The average cost with Efecto Verde’s system is from 60 usd per square meter. HSBC’s corporate building in Mexico City; the ecological development of Grupo San Carlos in Zapopan, Jalisco; and the Steel Museum at the Foundry Worker’s Park in Monterrey. In Guadalajara, Jalisco, Idea Consultoría Ambiental offers its counseling services for the design and installation of these gardens. However, so far only a few companies and individuals have been inclined to make the investment. Nevertheless José Antonio Flores’ project has converted green roofs into a viable practice. The key to reaching the project’s goal of “economical-urban-environmental-regeneration” in Mexico City is a system of natural spaces that considerably reduces the installation and maintenance costs of a green roof and a promotion plan that allows those interested to recoup the biggest part of their investment by making it tax deductible. The young architect designed a system that reduces by up to 40% the cost of installing and maintaining a green roof so to make its use more common. This system is based on the use of plastic containers that don’t require any special preparation to be placed. It’s also based on waterproofing the area and minimum maintenance. Six of these containers, manufactured with 100% recycled plastic, cover an area of a square meter. For each square meter made natural with this system, 33 liters of rainwater are stored, which brings additional benefits. These include reducing maintenance, avoiding the channeling of waters into drainage systems and the evaporation of water and its return to the environment. Based
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