Green Roof Ebook

This is the green roof textbook that will be indispensable for many years.

Green roof ebook. This book discusses the benefits and drivers for green roof and living wall systems. It gives us an overall knowledge of how to effectively adapt green roof technology. A professional guide to design installation and maintenance kindle edition by snodgrass edmund c mcintyre linda. Unlike a shed or chicken coop every green roof project is unique and defined by of the underlying structure local environment and of course the creativity of the installers.

It will also help you identify and describe the types of green roofs and understand and describe the key design considerations for a green roof or living wall system including waterproofing drainage filtering root management growing medium planting and. Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the green roof manual. There is comprehensive coverage of the documentation bidding construction and risk management phases of green roof implementation. Office of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The green roof manual. Get this from a library. The ebook green roof construction the essential guide fills the gap by providing an overview of techniques that have been effective in the green roof installation process. Green roof systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space often as important public space over structure.

Does this ebook contain actual blueprints for a green roof. It offers brief coverage of the entire process including planning and collaboration and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems their components and. The green roof is one of the most tangible elements of sustainable strategy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets.

Building urban resilience illustrates the processes undertaken to develop this new knowledge and thereby embed a deeper level of understanding in readers illustrative case studies and exemplars are drawn from countries outside of the core researched areas to demonstrate the application of the knowledge more broadly. Werthmann christian 1964 green roof. Green roof systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space often as important public space over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process including planning and collaboration and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems their components and their applications.

A professional guide to design installation and maintenance. Princeton architectural press 2007.