Green Walls Green Roofs Book

In green roofs and living walls the authors describe and illustrate the practical techniques required to design implement and maintain a green roof or wall to the highest professional standards.

Green walls green roofs book.

Ranging from the tropical houses in singapore to inner city buildings in north america this richly illustrated book will show you how living architecture can enrich our world. Intensive green roofs can sustain larger plants like shrubs and trees along with recreational areas. The vegetated surface provided by strategic urban greenery such as green walls and roofs will block high frequency sounds and when constructed with a substrate or growing medium support can also block low frequency noises. Green roofs offer significant economic benefits including a longer roof life and heating and cooling energy savings.

For over 30 years plant life has been used to this end along freeways arterials and rail lines in north america and. Create your own green roof or wall. Every detail is provided including the ways in which roofs may be modified to bear the weight of vegetation the different options for drainage layers. One of the few book length discussions of this topic publishers weekly gardening gurus will appreciate the thorough knowledge the writers share regarding various techniques and resources required to plant green roofs and living walls discussing for example how soil depth and environmental stress will affect plant choice and maintenance chesapeake home for those who lack a yard and.

Green roofs can help regulate a building s internal temperature reduce stormwater runoff and mitigate the urban heat island effect.