by Jbs031210b3 — March 15, 2010—Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) and the Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI), the trade association representing the manufacturers of commercial roofing systems and component suppliers, announced recently that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accepted their VF-1 Fire Design Standard for Vegetative Roofs as an American National Standard.
This document was created to provide a design and installation reference for roofing professionals to help eliminate the minor risk of fire on vegetative/green roofs. GRHC and SPRI say it was an industry-wide collaborative effort that should help to open the doors to better design practices in the industry and allay any concerns about fire.
For more details, the ANSI/SPRI VF-1 Fire Design Standard for Vegetative Roofs may be downloaded free of charge from GRHC or SPRI.
A code change proposal has been submitted to the International Building Code to include this standard in the 2012 edition of the International Building Code. SPRI and GRHC are also working together to complete a design standard related to wind uplift and a standard test for root repellency.
