Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) and SPRI have announced that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accepted their VF-1, Fire Design Standard for Vegetative Roofs as an American National Standard.
The standard was created to provide a design and installation reference for roofing professionals to help eliminate the risk of fire on vegetative/green roofs.
"This was a true industry effort including manufacturers, green roofing professionals, testing organisations, contractors, design professionals and consultants," says Mike Ennis, technical director for SPRI.
"This new standard is the result of close collaboration between Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Single Ply Roofing Industry and it should help to open the doors to better design practices in the industry and allay overblown concerns about fire," says Steven Peck, president of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.
The VF-1 Fire Design Guide establishes criteria for minimising the risk of fire on green roofs through prudent design and a mandatory maintenance regiment.
A code change proposal has been submitted to the International Building Code to include the standard in the 2012 edition of the International Building Code.
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