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 their 10 year experience of working on green roofs and the successful Victoria BID audit in 2010 with LUC. Read More  Read More

Green roof for biodiversity – Bluewater Events Venue

It has been a year of design work and working with contractors etc, but the new green roof for biodiversity has recently been installed for The Events Venue at Bluewater, Kent.  GRC was commissioned by Lend Lease  to design a specific green roof that addresses the local biodiversity interests – especially rare invertebrates and bumblebees. Read More  Read More

Bee hotel and habitat walls full of bees – Wat Tyler Green Roof, Essex

The roof we designed with the Grass Roof Company was installed in 2009. We added a series of bee hotels and habitat walls designed by Green Roof Shelters. This year the roof and the bees are booming. Read More  Read More

GRC working on largest green roof retrofit project in London

We have been working on the Museum of London (MOL) retrofit green roof project for awhile now. The roof at the museum is actually a warren of different roofs. The plan is to  create a series of seminal green roofs that demonstrate the possibilities and potential for green roofs in UK. They will address the issues to tackle climate change in urban areas and, importantly, show how biodiversity and habitat creation at roof level can be achieved through... Read More