WESTON in the News

November 2004

Forbes Magazine Features WESTON/GreenGrid^® Technology

In its November 2004 issue, Forbes magazine featured WESTON’s GreenGrid^® roofing system, outlining some advantages to using the “green” technology.

GreenGrid® offers an easy, modular alternative to the much more complicated green-roof technologies that some other companies offer. As Forbes mentioned in the article, while other, mainly European companies require many layers of material to be placed on the roof before the plants can begin to grow on top (therefore, requiring about 2 years before the roof is fully green), WESTON can plant and pre-grow plants in greenhouses so that GreenGrid^® technology can be placed directly on the roof in 2-by-4-foot, already-grown modules. WESTON’s clients need only choose the plants they prefer and WESTON can have their green roof installed right away. 

It has also been shown that other green roof technologies are often extremely expensive, very heavy, and can make roof repair difficult. In contrast, WESTON’s GreenGrid^® roofs are competitively priced, the modules are light-weight, and they can be easily removed if the roof requires repair.