how important are green roofs[living roofs] to you?(please answer)?

Mandy Mustaro: It's actually quite important to me! Right now I'm renting but one day I intend on building a home on some property in the rockies, I am looking for several building materials to suit my design (I'm no architect) which is 100% natural and sustainable. Anyway part of the design is a living roof that at part of the home is eased down and at the edges could be planted light fruits and veggies such as strawberries and peas. My only concern with a living roof would be the reintroduction of radon but I'm not sure if that applies to roofs like they would with homes with foundations....Show more

Marcellus Yoshimori: I don't have a house. I have lived in my bread truck for 35 years. One of my friend who lived in his bread truck built a frame around the top and filled it with water. The water cooled his truck nicely. It was evaporative cooling and like living under a lake. He lived in New Orleans where it is very hot.Personally I have a plywood top with a! n air space above the metal rool. My van make it;s own shade. I can park in the sun so my solar panels work fine.I bet if you put solar panels on the roof of a house the house would make its own shade too....Show more

Azzie Trembly: If you are buiding from scratch, it would be worthwhile and could have a payback within your lifetime. Retrofitting is much more expensive.