Small Green Roofs: Low-Tech Options for Greener Living
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1604690593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Bountifully illustrated and brimming with stimulating information and ideas. For homeowners, landscape architects, and engineers, this is a great overview of projects that won’t break the bank.” —Publishers Weekly “A real trailblazer. Installation instructions and planting designs are appealing enough to inspire all of us gardeners.” —Washington Gardener “A valuable source book for information on the nuts and bolts of designing and planting a living roof, as well as an inspirational resource for ideas.” —Smith Mountain Laker “Humble, yet inspirational projects.” —Landscape Architecture “Will spark one’s imagination. the only in-depth guide to do it yourself green roofs. Highly recommended for gardeners and environmentalists and
For each project, details are given for design, construction, and installation, as well as how-to tips on how the roof was planted and cared for. Until now, the green roof movement has been limited to large-scale, professional endeavors and public buildings. For readers looking for inspiration when hiring a contractor or taking the adventurous step of building their own, Small Green Roofs provides the knowledge and encouragement to make it possible.. More than forty profiles of small and domestic-scale projects of all shapes and sizes include green roofs on sheds, garden offices, studios, garages, houses, bicycle sheds, and other small structures, as well as several community projects. In Small Green Roofs authors Dunnett, Gedge, Little, and Snodgrass profile ordinary homeowners who scaled green roofs down to the domestic level.Small Green Roofs is the first book to focus on small-scale and domestic green roofs. But homeowners everywhere are ca
"Best of it's type" according to Michael D. I like this book, largely because it seems to be the best of it's type. I'm glad I bought it, and recommend it if you want to get into green roofs. The photos are very useful and inspiring, and there are a few pages in the beginning which outline useful principles.However, there are many faults. First, they are excessively biased towards a California-type of climate. Second, it's really not a how-to book in any sense. It's useful in orienting you to the overall approach of using linings and supports, but it's up to you to source the materia. "Geoclimatically conditional 5 stars" according to Steven Leighton. This book is a cross Atlantic effort with authors and green roof specialists in England and the USA. It is very good for people who live in a pretty cool climate with a good amount of rain, like the north of England with temps of 25F lowest to 85F highest. I guess NY/NJ and New England along with Oregon and Wash. state could use this book too making suitable changes in plants used. Of the approximately Geoclimatically conditional 5 stars Steven Leighton This book is a cross Atlantic effort with authors and green roof specialists in England and the USA. It is very good for people who live in a pretty cool climate with a good amount of rain, like the north of England with temps of 25F lowest to 85F highest. I guess NY/NJ and New England along with Oregon and Wash. state could use this book too making suitable changes in plants used. Of the approximately 42 cases presented about 39 are from England (the original not the new!). I live on the desert plain of Mexico at the base of the Sierra Mad. 2 cases presented about Geoclimatically conditional 5 stars This book is a cross Atlantic effort with authors and green roof specialists in England and the USA. It is very good for people who live in a pretty cool climate with a good amount of rain, like the north of England with temps of 25F lowest to 85F highest. I guess NY/NJ and New England along with Oregon and Wash. state could use this book too making suitable changes in plants used. Of the approximately Geoclimatically conditional 5 stars Steven Leighton This book is a cross Atlantic effort with authors and green roof specialists in England and the USA. It is very good for people who live in a pretty cool climate with a good amount of rain, like the north of England with temps of 25F lowest to 85F highest. I guess NY/NJ and New England along with Oregon and Wash. state could use this book too making suitable changes in plants used. Of the approximately 42 cases presented about 39 are from England (the original not the new!). I live on the desert plain of Mexico at the base of the Sierra Mad. 2 cases presented about 39 are from England (the original not the new!). I live on the desert plain of Mexico at the base of the Sierra Mad. 9 are from England (the original not the new!). I live on the desert plain of Mexico at the base of the Sierra Mad. Excellent DIY guide to small green roofs The book walks u thru several green roofs projects with pics. In each case it details what the project entailed and the ups and downs from each one. It also points out what the people felt they might of done differently in hindsight, which I really appreciated. It's a very small residential based and a great book to start with on the topic.