I found this great post on houses that are using green roofs. As you would expect, most of these homes are not in the US. Perhaps it is our climate, or perhaps the lack of “know-how” in our design and construction industry. Well, we always catch up at some point (about 5-10 years on average), so we can hope to see more of these in the US in the future.
At Elevate Architecture, it is in our plans to develop some home prototypes that use green roofs in the near future, but we have yet to develop those details/design. Achieving a successful green roof in South Texas should be particularly challenging because of the ultra-hot climate we have here. If you will notice this article features homes in mostly temperate to cool climates. There is a reason for that. When we develop a home prototype with a green roof system for the Rio Grande Valley, you will find it featured on our on the boards page.
