Projects Counter: 281 Projects
Total Sq Ft: 795,550
NEWS
updated Apr. 5, 2010
Effective 3/15/2010: LiveRoof, LLC will only provide quotes to Certified Installers for projects grown within the LiveRoof, LLC service area for vegetated modules. This includes Michigan, Southeast Wisconsin, Northeast Illinois, and Northern and Central Indiana.
In order to prepare for a LiveRoof® installation there are a number of things that Installers can do to enhance their efficiency, profitability, quality, safety, and the satisfaction that they bring to the owner of the property. We have summarized these in our Installation Training Video, Installation Standardized Procedures, and Installer Training Class.
Installation training exists to help ensure that each and every LiveRoof® project is a good experience for your organization, final customer, general contractor, architect, and us. When the installation is planned for and executed correctly, it is to the benefit of everyone. Another reason for this training is to avoid confusion, since dealing with green roof systems is very different than “regular” roofing systems. There are issues of growing schedules, deposits, maintenance, and payment terms that are not the same for conventional roofing materials. And, it is imperative to understand these differences before bidding your first LiveRoof® job.
For an application to become a certified installer, please email us at sales@liveroof.com or call (800) 875-1392.
LIVEROOF® AT THE OLYMPICS
Licensed Grower N.A.T.S. Nursery Installs a LiveRoof® brand Green Roof
on the Athletes Recreation Village
February 8, 2010 Just posted on our Project Showcase:
LIVEROOF, LLC CONTRIBUTES TO “EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION” Manufacturer Donates a Green Roof to Needy Family
January 20, 2010
The LiveRoof® brand hybrid green roof system was chosen as the planted roof on a “green” episode of the Emmy-award winning hit TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. The special two hour episode, filmed in Buffalo, NY, will air on ABC Television on January 24 at 8:00PM.
Jamaican immigrant Delores Powell and her four children received an extreme makeover of their Buffalo home while they spent the week on a dream vacation. Volunteers led by builder David Homes Construction built the family a new home incorporating energy saving and environmentally friendly products and practices.
The episode was extended by an hour to cover the additional volunteer work performed on more than 100 projects in the surrounding neighborhood.
LiveRoof, LLC, based in Spring Lake, Michigan, donated green roof modules for the family’s home. The trays arrived fully grown with succulent plant species selected for cold winter hardiness. Kees Govers, of LiveRoof Ontario, Inc provided on-site direction for the team of volunteers working on the green roof system. “It was an awe inspiring experience to see the thousands of volunteers participating and all of the companies who donated their services and products to change the entire neighborhood,” states Govers. “Participating was a once in a lifetime experience.” LiveRoof Ontario, Inc is one of twenty companies who grow LiveRoof brand systems throughout the US & Canada.
A team of volunteers installs LiveRoof® green roof modules on ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition in Buffalo, NY. Local companies LiveRoof, LLC (Spring Lake) and Permaloc (Holland) provided materials for the green roof system.
The designers incorporated a LiveRoof brand green roof on the project for the financial and environmental benefits it provides. Such benefits include storm water retention, whereby the soil in the water soaks up rainfall and reduces the amount of runoff into the municipal storm water system. Green roofs protect the roof from exposure to the elements which can keep it watertight two or three times as long as a traditional roof. The plants provide a cooling effect, reducing the need for air conditioning in the summer months.
LiveRoof, LLC is a subsidiary of Hortech, Inc. LiveRoof brand green roof systems have been installed on many green roofs in the US and Canada, including The Van Andel Institute (Grand Rapids, MI), Toronto City Hall Renovation (ON), Vancouver Olympic Village (BC), Unilever Corporate Headquarters (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), a Make It Right Foundation home (New Orleans, LA), Habitat for Humanity (Bronx, NY), the Nature Conservancy Headquarters (Indianapolis, IN) and hundreds more projects on institutional, municipal, commercial and residential buildings. “Having LiveRoof selected for Extreme Makeover has been an honor for us, and it is exciting to see our product used on an inner city residential property,” states LiveRoof, LLC president Dave MacKenzie.
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LiveRoof is seeking a qualified Licensed Grower in Georgia, Northern New York, Quebec, Alaska, and Arizona. Companies with experience growing perennials and succulents at wholesale are typically the best fit for LiveRoof®. LiveRoof, LLC offers its Licensed Growers in good standing exclusivity sales territories, so the time to seize the opportunity is limited. Please contact Amber Poncé if you would like to learn more, 800-875-1392.
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Be sure to visit our Grower Network page to find your local source of plant materials, installers training, and pricing information.
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LiveRoof LLC. Subsidiary of Hortech, Inc.
P.O. Box 533
Spring Lake, MI 49456
800.875.1392
fax 616.842.3273
All Components produced in North America.
LiveRoof®, Hoppit®, Moisture Portals®, Soil Elevators®, Roll-a-Roof®, Roof Stone®, and RoofEdge® are trademarks of LiveRoof, LLC, a subsidiary of Hortech, Inc. The LiveRoof® System, including its soil elevation and moisture sharing technologies, is a proprietary system with patents pending. LiveRoof, LLC and its Grower Distributors are the exclusive licensees of the LiveRoof® System in the United States and Canada and all LiveRoof projects in the United States have been performed by LiveRoof, LLC or its designees pursuant to such license.
