Why a Detention Roof?
The Detention Roof is an innovative and proven effective green roof concept. This roof structure is of added value to additional solutions to temporarily collect excess rainwater. Even when fully water saturated, the Detention Roof is capable of fully retaining and draining rainwater in a controlled manner.
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Fighting floods the green way!
How is the Detention Roof constructed?
The Detention Roof is built up of four layers. Each layer has its own unique function in the total structure.
- Sempergreen® Sedum-mix blanket
- Urbanscape® Green Roll
- Storage layer HC40
- Detention layer T5

Water calculation for your project
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Highlighted Cases.
News.
All articles →Wednesday, November 10, 2021
First Dutch Detention Roof for soft drink supplier Vrumona
The very first Detention Roof in the Netherlands was recently installed at the Vrumona office in Bunnik.
Monday, October 18, 2021
First webinar on making cities water resistant a big success
Recently, Sempergreen Academy organised its very first webinar: 'future-proof cities'
Friday, June 18, 2021
The water calculation model of a Detention Roof
The effectiveness of a Detention Roof can be calculated based on historical precipitation statistics