Living architecture : green roofs and walls
Hopkins, Graeme2011
Book
Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, Living Architecture highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. One way of creating more natural environments within cities is to incorporate green roofs and walls in new buildings or to retrofit them in existing structures. This practice has long been established in Europe and elsewhere, and now Australia and New Zealand have begun to embrace it. The installation of green roofs and walls has many benefits, including the management of stormwater and improved water quality by retaining and filtering rainwater through the plants' soil and root uptake zone; reducing the 'urban heat island effect' in cities; increasing real estate values around green roofs and reducing energy consumption within the interior space by shading, insulation and reducing noise level from outside; and providing biodiversity opportunities via a vertical link between the roof and the ground.
Main title:
Living architecture : green roofs and walls / Graeme Hopkins and Christine Goodwin.
Imprint:
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, c2011.
Collation:
vii, 288 p. : col. ill., plans ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780643096639
Dewey class:
635.9671
Language:
English
BRN:
175250
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