Focus on Sopranature®
Focus on Sopranature®
SOPREMA’s chairman Pierre GEISEN noticed the growing number of green roofs installed
in Germany, he decided to create the first industry-backed unit devoted to green roofing solutions. 26 years later, Sopranature® has become, with over 6,000 projects, 2 million m² developed in 46 countries, a leading supplier recognized for its professional workmanship and quality products.
in Germany, he decided to create the first industry-backed unit devoted to green roofing solutions. 26 years later, Sopranature® has become, with over 6,000 projects, 2 million m² developed in 46 countries, a leading supplier recognized for its professional workmanship and quality products.
SOPRANATURE® OFFERS:
- A large variety of extensive and semi-extensive greening solutions, adaptable to any type of configuration.
- Vivagreen®: for green walls.
- Aquatex: A rational watering solution for green roofs.
CORE VALUES
- The warranty of a full support :
- Mastering plant production.
- Monitoring vegetation growth and installation to ensure sustained greening.
- Respect of our planet and innovation are both incentive values for Sopranature® in developing new eco-friendly solutions.
- Sopranature® line was granted “eco-struction”, a label created by SOPREMA for its sustainable products.
DIVERSITY OF EXPERTISE
- Production: to ensure fast response and guarantee plant quality, Sopranature® produces its own vegetation.
- The brand is specialized in all types of plant production* to be used on roofs and walls :cuttings, mini-plants, soil blocks, pre-cultivated mat and slabs, all-in-one solutions…
- By devoting a large portion of its annual budget to Research & Development, SOPREMA is able to test prototypes under real conditions. Substrates are produced in accordance with professional French and German green roofing guidelines.
- Advice: as a green roofing expert, Sopranature® is there to guide professionals in developing innovating, technical and functional projects. Its advice extends to SOPREMA’s traditional areas of expertise: insulation and waterproofing. Choosing Sopranature® ensures solutions with the best technical and quality ratio !
- Service: Sopranature® provides to each project a complete full support using all necessary tools.
SOPRANATURE® GREEN THUMBS
Over 70 Sopranature® agricultural and horticultural partners around the world are working hand-in-hand with SOPREMA ‘s building envelope experts, to offer you competent advice and tailored solutions.
Sopranature® is involved every stage of projects : From technical advice to the conception, the support of products and worksites installation as for care and maintenance.
* Subject to local possibilities.
** 1st in France for Technical Data on slopes <35% and specifications for tropical climates.
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- Owner: QUEBECOR MEDIA Inc.
- Gérard Truchon, Senior Director - Real Estate Services - Quebecor Media - 612, rue St-Jacques, 14e étage - Montréal, Québec, H3C 4M8 - Phone: (514) 380-1888 - Fax: (514) 380-6515 - e-mail:gerard.truchon@quebecor.com
- Description: Extensive Green Roof 3580, TAÏGA system.
- Substrate Sopraflor: 200 mm thick.
- Date of completion: 22/07/2010
- Address: 612 rue St-Jacques
- City: Montreal
- Country: Canada
- Region/ State: Quebec
- Architects: Atelier Tautem
- Applicators: Les Toits VertigeIn 1987