Green Roof ConstructionGreen Roof Research Project DurbanI was very fortunate to be
included in the team that conducted the green roof pilot project the
first and only research project undertaken in South Africa in which
ground breaking research was undertaken to determine many aspects of
green roof design and construction as well as the suitability of a
range local South African plants to be grown in the green roof
environment under the leadership of the green roof expert Dr Clive
Greenstone and plant specialist and green roof designer and builder
Michael Hickman.
![]() Green roof pilot project Durban, March 2009 ![]() Green roof pilot project Durban, October 2010 Green Roof Project IxopoFollowing the successful green
roof research project I was invited to participate in the planning and
to manage the planting of as far as is known the biggest green roof
project in South Africa using exclusively local indigenous plants at
Ixopo KwaZulu-Natal
![]() The Green Team Green Roof Ixopo, October 30, 2011 Hlengiwe Luthuli Michael Hickman Dr Clive Greenstone Green Roof Project Sundpumping Station DurbanAgain I had the great pleasure
to
be able to be a member of the team headed by Dr Clive Greenstone
and plant specialist Michael Hickman where I as in the past also
managed the planting of the green roof.
![]() Sand Pumping Station
Durban, February 2012
![]() Green roof on the sand pumping
station Durban harbour entrance
Green Roof Inhambane Mozambique
Consulting on green roof construction at Inhambane Mozambique 2021/2022 ![]() Roof slab under construction ![]() The roof slab has been completed Water and root proofing as well as
planting will be done shortly
Evaluation of the Green Roofs A brief evaluation of the Green
roof trials conducted in Durban over a period of ten years.
Early in 2009 I became involved in the eThekwini Municipality Green Roof Pilot Project at which time I started the trial of a number of species of local plants at Mount Moreland north of Durban.
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