Green Roof Systems
A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes over Structure
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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.
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Susan Weiler
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"Green Roof Systems, provides technical information for theplanning, construction and maintenance of green roofs. The authorsprovide a lucid introduction with basic definitions of green roofsand a discussion of the serious effects that conventional roofs canhave on the environment. They describe the value of using greenroofs for stormwater management and for the creation of usablelandscapes over structure." (The Designer, Summer 2010)
"This is the green roof textbook that will be indispensable formany years. The book credibly situates the green roof in thesustainable "save the planet" scenario. There is comprehensivecoverage of the documentation, bidding, construction, and riskmanagement phases of green roof implementation. The content of thisbook will set the industry standard henceforth...overall, thebook seamlessly merges the extensive and international experienceof both Weiler and Scholz-Barth, yet brings the green roof industryto this continent, with American standards and practices."(Landscape Architecture, October 2009)
"Replete with charts, diagrams, and photos, "Green Roof Systems"can serve as a one-stop resource for designers. Authors Susan K.Weiler and Katrin Scholz-Barth provide the basics as well astechnical information about green roof systems, component andapplications, and how to design and build them."(GreenerBuildings.com, May 2009)
"...this book is loaded with valuable information. The bookprovides a bit of preface and context of the larger picture ofgreen roofs from concept to planning- but this is not the strongselling point. That comes in the details. And there are details.The structure of the book guides a reader through systems,materials, documentation, structure, bidding and construction, andtouching on liability and maintenance." (landscape+urbanismblog, 4/30/09)
"With the Obama stimulus package emphasizing the effort toweatherize existing buildings this book couldn't come at a bettertime. A designer's one stop resource to green roofs that mergesarchitecture and landscape. The book offers substantive andtechnical information on living green roof and landscapes overstructure." (Green Insight Newsletter, May 2009)
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