Green Roof Design Book

Green roofs for healthy cities grhc is the north american industry association for the green roof and wall sectors.

Green roof design book.

John little is a partner in the grass roof company an award winning eco friendly landscape design and management company that designs and builds green roof buildings designs and maintains school grounds and undertakes grounds maintenance work on behalf of local authorities. This can put excess loads on a green structure. A green roof can retain up to 75 of overall rainwater and this can often result in a need for structural reinforcement. Grhc develops and protects the market by increasing the awareness of the economic social and environmental benefits of green roofs green walls and other forms of living architecture through education advocacy professional development and celebrations of excellence.

This is the green roof textbook that will be indispensable for many years. It is very important that you get the right people on your green roof design and make sure that the system is perfect for the structural system of your property. Designing green roofs in a development may gain support which can help to secure planning consent it may be possible to retrofit green roofs on certain buildings without planning consent although the planning authority should be consulted if there is any doubt. The book credibly situates the green roof in the sustainable save the planet scenario.

First grab small green roofs.