Looking for LiveRoof Representation in the Maritimes

LiveRoof® brand green roof systems have gained the attention of specifiers and building owners in the Canadian Maritimes.  In order to service these customers, LiveRoof, LLC is searching for a qualified rep who may be interested in promoting the product and working with a local licensed grower.

LiveRoof® is distributed in the US and Canada through a network of licensed growers, who each perform marketing and growing of the system in their region.  Marketing may be performed by a salaried staff member or an independent representative or group.

LiveRoof® sales reps spend time interacting with designers, specifiers, contractors and potential owners to educate these customers on the system benefits.  Reps perform product presentations and demonstrations, exhibit at local trade shows, provide technical and design assistance, call on new prospects, and train installers.  Experience in sales is key, experience with horticulture and/or roofing products a plus.

If you are interested or have any referrals, please contact Amber Ponce, Business Development Manager at LiveRoof, LLC via phone 800-875-1392 or email amber@liveroof.com.

"Live" Roofs in Australia

Have you heard about dangerous "live" roofs in Australia?  Confused?  Alarmed?
We want to assure you that this situation is in no way related to LiveRoof® brand products.

Outside of Australia, "LiveRoof®" is synonymous with serene, meadow-like rooftops blanketed with succulent plants.  More at www.liveroof.com.

A LiveRoof® brand green roof in Grand Rapids, MI.

In Australia, a nationwide energy-savings plan encouraged installation of foil insulation in homes.  If improperly installed, the foil insulation can conduct electricity from main cables, creating roof cavities which are "live" with electrical currents.  If the insulation is touched, it could cause shocks, electrocution, and potential death.

Photo (c)foil-insulation.co.uk.  Foil insulation, if properly installed, saves energy by reflecting heat.  If improperly installed, it may pose a safety risk by becoming "live" with electrical current.

The Australian government has ordered safety checks for homes using foil insulation and has currently suspended the program which encouraged their use.

Read more about this topic:
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8507538.stm
The Australian Business http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8507538.stm
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/lives-lost-in-garretts-haste-to-be-seen-as-green/story-e6frg6nf-1225832391311

LiveRoof® at the Olympics

Licensed Grower N.A.T.S. Nursery Installs a LiveRoof® brand Green Roof on the Athletes Recreation Village

Just posted on our Project Showcase:

Athletes Recreation Centre - Olympic Village
Installed August 7, 2009 by Horizon Landscaping

LiveRoof in the News

Michigan Grower Develops Hybrid Subterranean Green Roof System

Published on Examiner. com
by Maureen Rice


Green roofs are dotting the landscape on rooftops in cities all across the U.S., and for good reason. Green roof technologies offer economic, social and environmental benefits. They provide savings on energy heating and cooling costs, and capture between 60-100% of storm water runoff that would normally enter municipal wastewater management systems, just to name a few.

"Our green roof is a hybrid system," explained David MacKenzie, Owner of Hortech, Inc. and its green roof subsidiary, LiveRoof, "We tried to take the best features of the other systems that are out there and combine them into one system."   Read the whole article on Examiner.com, http://www.examiner.com/x-28192-Grand-Rapids-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m1d20-Live-Roof-green-roof-systems.