1. What Are “Structural Causes”?
The term “structural causes,” as used on this site, does not refer to the merits or shortcomings of specific products, construction methods, or contractors.
Understanding the Structure That Enables Sound Judgment
Rooftop greening failures do not occur suddenly after construction.
In most cases, structural factors that arise during the planning and decision-making stages only become visible several years later.
This website is a technical resource dedicated to identifying and organizing those underlying structures.
The term “structural causes,” as used on this site, does not refer to the merits or shortcomings of specific products, construction methods, or contractors.
Success stories represent only a limited set of outcomes achieved under favorable conditions.
This site organizes and explains, in general terms, the ways of thinking required for rooftop greening to succeed.
On this site, the causes of rooftop greening failure are organized from the following five perspectives.