Weiler / Scholz-Barth Green Roof Systems

A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes over Structure
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-17446-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weiler, Susan

Scholz-Barth, Katrin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Replenishing Our Diminishing Resources: IntegratingLandscape and Architecture.
Chapter 2 Beyond the Property Line: Ecological, Economic,Spatial, and Social Benefits of Green Roof Systems.
Chapter 3 Envisioning Green Roof Systems: From City Scale toProject Scale.
Chapter 4 Green Roof Systems at the Project Scale: Site andArchitectural Considerations.
Chapter 5 Considerations in Developing Structural Systems forGreen Roof Systems.
Chapter 6 Component Parts: Inert and Dynamic.
Chapter 7 Putting the Parts Together: The Design andDocumentation Process.
Chapter 8 The Bidding and Construction Process.
Chapter 9 Minimizing, Managing, and Insuring Risk.
Chapter 10 Maintenance Requirements and PerformanceEvaluation.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Susan K. Weiler, Fasla, is a partner at OLIN, a landscapearchitecture and urban design firm based in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. She lectures widely and teaches landscapearchitecture at Temple University, where she developed itslandscape engineering and construction curriculum. She is therecipient of the 2003 Green Roof Award of Excellence.
Katrin Scholz-Barth is a consultant from Washington,D.C., currently working to help establish green roofs in the MiddleEast. A national expert in green roof technology, she leads effortsin ecological planning and design both in the United States and theMiddle East. She taught at Harvard University and the University ofPennsylvania and is former director of sustainable design for theHOK Planning Group, a business unit of The HOK Group, Inc. She isalso the recipient of the 2003 Green Roof Award of Excellence.