Blackdown install largest green roof in North East

Blackdown Horticultural Consultants have undertaken the largest green roof installation on an educational project at the Washington School in Sunderland.

The landmark school building in the North East of England, boasts an impressive 5256m extensive green roof to the school as part of the new environmental standard set by the government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

Following comprehensive consultations with the local community, staff, parents and pupils, Sunderland City Council developed a clear idea of how the new school should make a bold architectural statement whilst remaining sympathetic to the local landscape.

For Main Contractors Balfour Beatty, the specification of a green roof was a carefully considered design option that maintained the school's long-term vision for a healthy, comfortable learning environment and, in its construction, incorporated a number of solutions designed to address the climate change issues that will impact most heavily on the next generation.

The Extensive green roof installed by Blackdown will grow and develop to be naturalistic in appearance and self-sustaining.

Green roofs offer a number of ecological and building performance benefits and provide a meaningful habitat for plants and wildlife.

Green roofs can also help to reduce local ambient temperatures, filter out air-pollution and assist with rainwater management.

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