Founded in 2002, Xero Flor America (XFA) is at the forefront of the North American green roof industry. We’ve been here from the start.

XFA is the official and exclusive distributor in the U.S. for the Xero Flor Green Roof System from Germany. While our green roof system has extensive roots in Europe, all our system components are 100 percent American made. Our green roof mats are supplied by local, independent farms located across the country. Our plants are grown with regional horticultural expertise and adapted to the regional climates where our systems are installed.

The Xero Flor system utilizes pre-vegetated mats based on advanced German technology — engineered, patented, and refined over more than 40 years of ongoing R&D. In Europe, where the green roof industry is long-established, Xero Flor is the technology of choice. Xero Flor has been proven successful and sustainable in tens of thousands of flourishing installations that cover hundreds of millions of square feet worldwide.

In the U.S., Xero Flor has been proven on many of the largest green roofs in the country – including the single biggest on any one building, the green roof on Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge Plant.

No green roof system available in the U.S. is easier to install than Xero Flor. And no green roof system available in the U.S. offers more performance validation based on independent scientific research than Xero Flor.

Xero Flor makes it simple… The smartest green roof system in the world – manufactured, grown and supported in the U.S.A.

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Xero Flor America Announcements

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Xero Flor Green Roof System from Xero Flor America (XFA) Named a “Money-Saving Product” by Buildings Magazine
PRWeb, May 14, 2013

Providence St. Mary Medical Center Greens Up with First Green Roof in Walla Walla, Wash.
PRWeb, May 1, 2013

Xero Flor Green Roof System Selected for Massive Green Roof on the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
PRWeb, February 4, 2013

Xero Flor Green Roof Products Receives Cradle to Cradle Certification for Environmental Stewardship
PRWeb, February 2, 2012

Xero Flor America Videos

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Lake Toxaway, NC Green Roof Installation
Living Roofs, Inc. installation of a Xero Flor green roof system
You Tube, Living Roofs Inc., May 2, 2012

Duke Marine Lab: Green Roof Installation at Repass Center
Living Roofs, Inc. installation of a Xero Flor green roof system
You Tube, dukemarineIT, September 20, 2011

O’Hare building home to city’s largest green roof
FedEx Sorting Facility – Xero Flor Green Roof
ABC 7 News, Living Green With ABC7, October 7, 2011

Xero Flor green roof installation on the Green Hills School
Green Hills – Xero Flor Green Roof
You Tube, Melkras, September 23, 2010

Xero Flor America in the Media

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Stormwater Management

Green roofs have been demonstrated to retain 60-100% of incoming rainfall. Stormwater retention reduces wastewater treatment facility overflow events. Green roof installations are recognized as effective tools for stormwater management in highly developed urban areas.

Energy Savings

Vegetated surfaces deflect solar radiation and reduce thermal loading of roof surfaces and building structures, thereby requiring less energy use for air conditioning systems. These features also combine to reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect, a phenomenon of increased regional temperatures caused by thermally loaded cityscapes.

Roof Lifetime Extension

Green roofs block UV radiation and reduce temperature fluctuation, adding decades to roof performance. The extension of roof life results in financial savings for building owners and reductions in landfilled roof demolition waste.

Biological Activity

The installation of green roofs helps return green spaces lost during urban development and encourages the return of biological activity. Green roofs can attract and provide a living environment for various forms of wildlife.

Ecological Benefits

Green roofs can greatly reduce runoff contaminants by filtering airborne pollutants, increase oxygens levels, and reduce greenhouse gases. Green roof plant’s foliage and roots naturally absorb airborne pollutants while releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere.

Aesthetic Value

Green roofs help provide urban environments with aesthetically pleasing roofscapes. Green roofs convert unused roof spaces into relaxing break areas for employees, healing gardens for recovering patients, green cityscapes for office buildings, and many other visually appealing green spaces.

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Green Roof Research

About Green Roofs
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, December 8, 2009.

Green roof stormwater retention: Effects of roof surface, slope, and media depth.
VanWoert, N.D., D.B. Rowe, J.A. Andresen, C.L. Rugh, R.T. Fernandez, and L. Xiao. 2005. J. Environ. Quality 34(3):1036-1044.

Green Roof Runoff Water Quality
Robert Berghage, David Beattie, Albert Jarrett, and Thomas O’Conner 2007. In Proc. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Minneapolis, MN.

Quantifying the effect of slope on extensive green roof stormwater retention.
Getter, K.L., D.B. Rowe, and J.A. Andresen. 2007. Ecological Engineering 31:225-231.

Green roofs as urban ecosystems: ecological structures, functions, and services.
Oberndorfer, E., J. Lundholm, B. Bass, M. Connelly, R. Coffman, H. Doshi, N. Dummet, S. Gaffin, M. Kohler, K. Lui, and B. Rowe. 2007. BioScience 57(10):823-833.

Thermal Performance of Green Roofs Through Field Evaluation
Liu, K. and B. Baskaran. 2003. National Research Council of Canada. Report No. NRCC-46412.

Heat Island Impacts
Envrionmental Protection Agency, February 9, 2009.

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