Green RoofSystemsgoes 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.
關於作者:
Susan K. Weiler, Fasla, is a partner at OLIN, a landscape
architecture and urban design firm based in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She lectures widely and teaches landscape
architecture at Temple University, where she developed its
landscape engineering and construction curriculum. She is the
recipient 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 Middle East.
A national expert in green roof technology, she leads efforts in
ecological planning and design both in the United States and the
Middle East. She taught at Harvard University and the University of
Pennsylvania and is former director of sustainable design for the
HOK Planning Group, a business unit of The HOK Group, Inc. She is
also the recipient of the 2003 Green Roof Award of Excellence.
目錄:
Chapter 1 Replenishing Our Diminishing Resources: Integrating
Landscape 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 to
Project Scale.
Chapter 4 Green Roof Systems at the Project Scale: Site and
Architectural Considerations.
Chapter 5 Considerations in Developing Structural Systems for Green
Roof Systems.
Chapter 6 Component Parts: Inert and Dynamic.
Chapter 7 Putting the Parts Together: The Design and Documentation
Process.
Chapter 8 The Bidding and Construction Process.
Chapter 9 Minimizing, Managing, and Insuring Risk.
Chapter 10 Maintenance Requirements and Performance
Evaluation.
Index.