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Green Roof Expertise

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The Green Roof Consultancy (GRC), grew out of work undertaken by Livingroofs.org and The Ecology Consultancy Limited, whilst working on the London Living Roofs and Walls technical report for the Greater London Authority. Two of its directors, Gary Grant and Dusty Gedge are recognised leaders in the field of green roofs, walls and ecosystem services. The team develops green roof systems to meet complex sustainability and ecological considerations. They have designed a number of seminal green roofs and walls and regularly provide full green roof, green wall and ecosystem services training in the UK.

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Green Roof Specialists

Green Roof Specialists

Green roof technology is also widespread and well-established in mainland Europe with growing interest in the UK. Green roofs are set to become a popular technology within the UK refurbishment and development industries. However currently there is limited knowledge and understanding of this technology beyond the main suppliers. The Green Roof Consultancy was the first specialist consultancy to provide this in the UK.

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About The Green Roof Consultancy

Green Roof Advice

The Green Roof Consultancy provides a range of services for anyone involved in the planning, design and construction of green roofs including planners, designers, consultant architects, landscape architects, local authorities, main contractors, sub-contractors and small builders.

Green Roof News

GRC- Green Infrastructure Audits in London

Last Friday Gary Grant of GRC and Ben Kimpton of ECL provided an in depth presentation on the results of the Green Infrastructure Audit for the London Bridge area. This is includes a review of what current buildings could potentially take a green roof. GRC is working on 8 green infrastructure audits in London. This builds on there 10 year experience of working on green roofs and the successful Victoria BID audit in 2010 with LUC.

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Bringing the beetles back to Abbey Road – biodiverse green roof

The roof at Abbey Hive was once a white roof. Now it is a green roof alive with wildlife. The community centre sits at the North end of Abbey road and it is hoped that rare beetles will colonise roof along with bees, butterflies and other invertebrates. The wildflowers that have blossomed over the two months since it was installed have already attracted a range of hymenopterans.

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Getting in Touch

GRC Contact Details
Phone - 020 7378 1914
or send a message through our contact form

THE GREEN ROOF CONSULTANCY LTD
(Reg. No. 07415489)
6-8 Cole Street
London SE1 4YH