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Course Description: AEC Daily: Green Roofs: A Sustainable Strategy
Designing with green roofs affords design professionals opportunities to plan projects with exciting new elements, added value, and significant, tangible benefits, thereby enhancing the built environment with newly-created landscapes. This course examines green roof systems, including the types, benefits, components, and related standards. As well, it provides a discussion on how green roofs mitigate urban heat island effect and reduce stormwater runoff.
Explain how green roofs diminish the urban heat island effect: a major environmental issue.
Describe how green roofs reduce stormwater runoff, dust/smog levels, and re-oxygenate the air.
Explain how green roofs extend the life of the roof while providing a natural habitat for plants and animals.
List and define the types/components of green roofs, as well as the environmental, technical, and owner/occupant benefits of green roofs.
Explain the design considerations and standards relating to green roofs.