Green roofs, facades, and vegetative systems : safety aspects in the standards / Elena Giacomello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giacomello, Elena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green roofs (Gardening)--Safety measures.

Green roofs (Gardening).

Green roofs (Gardening)--Design and construction--Standards.

Urban gardening--Safety measures.

Urban gardening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2021]

Summary:

"Green Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems analyzes standards, codes, and technical documents from countries around the world including the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Malta, and Australia. An essential resource for building design professionals, this book covers a full range of documents dealing with vegetative systems, such as green roofs, facades, maintenance, fire protection, sustainability aspects in buildings, and tall buildings. This book provides an invaluable tool for not only understanding existing international standards and codes but also how to effectively incorporate them into the project at hand"--Back cover..

Contents:

Research steps

Preliminary considerations

Standards of vegetative roofs

Data sheets from insurance company

Vegetative roofs guidelines

Manuals

Building codes

Safety codes

City codes

Research reports

Final considerations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128176955

0128176954