Green Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems
Safety Aspects in the Standards
- 1st Edition - November 25, 2020
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Elena Giacomello
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 6 9 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 6 9 5 - 5
Green Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems: Safety Aspects in the Standards analyzes codes, standards and official documents from countries around the world, including: the Unite… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGreen Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems: Safety Aspects in the Standards analyzes codes, standards and official documents from countries around the world, including: the United States and Canada in North America, Germany, France and Italy in Europe, and Australia, Singapore, Japan and Thailand in Asia. This essential resource for building design professionals covers a full range of living technologies, such as vegetative systems, green architecture/urban design, construction efficiency, facades, fire protection, sustainability aspects in buildings, landscape design, tall buildings and wind design. The book provides an invaluable tool on international codes and standards and how to incorporate them into projects.
- Provides expert advice for complying with the international codes and standards governing the use of green living technology
- Covers codes and standards for façades, fire protection, landscape design and wind design
- Includes case studies and excepts from major international codes and standards
- Peer reviewed by some of the top experts and construction firms currently applying this technology around the world
Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Construction Managers, and Architects
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Research steps
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Chapter 3. Preliminary considerations
- Standards
- Data Sheets from Insurance Company
- Guidelines
- Manuals
- Building Codes
- Safety Codes
- City Codes
- Research Reports
- Chapter 4. Standards of vegetative roofs
- Standard (1): UNI–Ente Italiano di Normazione, UNI 11235:2015 Istruzioni per la progettazione, l'esecuzione, il controllo e la manutenzione di coperture a verde (tr. Criteria for design, execution, testing, and maintenance of roof gardens)
- Standard (2): MCCAA–Malta Competition and Consumers Affairs Authority, Standards and Metrology Institute, SM 3700:2017 Green Roofs–Criteria for the planning, construction, control and maintenance of Green Roofs.
- Standard (3): ASTM International–American Society for Testing and Materials International, 2014, ASTM E2777 Standard Guide for Vegetative (Green) Roof Systems
- Standard (4): ANSI/SPRI–American National Standard Institution/Single Ply Roofing Industry, 2017, ANSI/SPRI VF–1 External Fire Design Standard for Vegetative Roofs
- Standard (5): ANSI/SPRI–American National Standard Institution/Single Ply Roofing Industry, 2016, ANSI/SPRI RP–14, Wind Design Standard for Vegetative Roofing System
- Standard (6): CSA Group–Canadian Standards Association, 2015, A123.24-15 Standard test method for wind resistance of modular vegetative roof assembly
- Standard (7): ASTM International–American Society for Testing and Materials International, 2015, ASTM E2400 Standard Guide for Selection, Installation, and Maintenance of Plants for Green Roof Systems
- Chapter 5. Data sheets from insurance company
- Data sheets (1): FM Global, 2011, Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets 1-35—Green Roof Systems
- Chapter 6. Vegetative Roofs Guidelines
- Guidelines (1): FLL–Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau e.V. The Landscaping and Landscape Development Research Society e.V., 2018, Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofing
- Guidelines (2): CIBSE–Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, 2007, Knowledge Series 11 Green Roofs
- Guidelines (3): CIBSE-Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, 2013, Guidelines for the Design and Application of Green Roof System
- Guidelines (4): Groundwork South Yorkshire, 2011, The GRO Green Roofs Code
- Guidelines (5): State of Victoria through the Department of Environment and Primary Industry, 2014, Growing Green Guide. A guide to green roofs, walls and facades in Melbourne and Victoria, Australia
- Chapter 7. Manuals
- Manual (1): GRHC–Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, 2014, Green Walls 101: Systems Overview and Design
- Applicability
- Structure
- Characteristics
- Manual (2): GRHC–Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, 2011, Advanced Green Roof Maintenance
- Chapter 8. Building Codes
- Building Code (1): International Code Council, IBC—International Building Code 2018
- Building Code (2) International Code Council, IGCC–International Green Construction Code 2015
- Building Code (3) International Code Council, IEBC—International Existing Building Code, 2012
- Chapter 9. Safety Codes
- Safety Code (1): NFPA-National Fire Protection Association 2015, 101: life safety code
- Safety Code (2) NFPA-National Fire Protection Association 2015, 5000: Building Construction and Safety Code
- Chapter 10. City Codes
- City Code (1) Toronto Municipal Code, 2013, Chapter 492: green roofs
- City Code (2) Toronto Green Roof Construction Standard-TGRCS, supplementary guidelines
- Chapter 11. Research Reports
- Research Report (1) Department for Communities and Local Government-London, 2013, Fire Performance of Green Roofs and Walls
- Research Report (2) National Association of State Fire Marshals: Tidwell, Jim and Jack J.Murphy, 2010, Bridging the Gap: Fire Safety and Green Buildings. A Fire and Building Safety Guide to Green Construction
- Research Report (3) FPRF-Fire Protection Research Foundation, 2012, Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings: Final Report
- Chapter 12. Final considerations
- About fire risk/fire safety
- About structural safety/wind design
- About irrigation
- About maintenance/cost estimation
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 25, 2020
- No. of pages (Paperback): 276
- No. of pages (eBook): 276
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128176948
- eBook ISBN: 9780128176955
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Elena Giacomello
Elena Giacomello, architect, PhD in Building technology. She is adjunct professor and research fellow at Iuav University of Venice. For the past 10 years she has been conducting research on the topics of green roofs, green walls and façades, vegetative technologies, and quality of urban living. During her PhD training in Germany she conducted laboratory tests on the water performance of green roofs through a rain chamber simulator, analysing the benefits for cities deriving from the application of green surfaces in terms of hydric detention and detention. In 2013 she won a research grant from the CTBUH-Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat to lead monitoring research of the Bosco Verticale façades in Milan. She participated at the working table of the review of the Italian standard for green roofs UNI 11235: Instructions for the design, execution, testing and maintenance of green roofs, 2015. In 2016-17 she conducted research – as member of the CTBUH Research Office – through the international standards and official documents inherent green roofs/façades/walls to highlight gaps in the topics of safety. The results are published in the book: “Safety Standards for Green Roofs, Green Façades/Walls, and Vegetative Systems: What’s Missing”.
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Adjunct Professor, Iuav University of VeniceRead Green Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems on ScienceDirect