by Paul Gilby – Riefa Green Roof
ONE of the paradoxes of the living roof industry is that, for all our evangelical promotion of the environmental agenda, our products have often been surprisingly un-green.
Living roofs are a case in point. What we hold out as the bright new hope of the inner city frequently requires an onerous quantity of plastic trays, felt bases, and granular linings whose eco-credentials are, to put it kindly, borderline.
Ten years ago, I was introduced to a product which, the German makers claimed, would change that. I was initially dubious about the whole proposition; how was this vorsprung durch organic product going to live up to the remarkable promises made?
A decade on, I am utterly convinced. And I’d like to take the next couple of minutes to explain why, and urge you to test the truth of the Riefa system for yourselves.
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Wonderful! Doing something with the roof of my home was on the list for this year – sent an email to Reifa company and keeping my fingers crossed that this will be doable given my home and location (USA) – Thanks so much for the info!
Hi- you’re welcome, Hope it works out- please mention Old School Garden 🙂
But of course! So many innovative things I run across here in blog land that are available in Europe are either not available here, or are out of my range, budget wise – I’m really hoping this is not one of them! LOL