Green Roofs
US Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
2 HSW Credit Hours
Green roofs offer economic, environmental, and societal benefits for individual buildings as well as the wider urban environment. This course reviews 10 green roof installation impact categories; 1. Storm-water management 2. Biodiversity and habitat 3. Urban heat island 4. Energy 5. Urban agriculture 6. Acoustics 7. Air quality 8. Aesthetics and quality of life 9. Job generation and economic development and 10. Roof longevity. Each category presents a brief background on the importance of the topic area and discusses and analyzes the benefits of green roofs regarding that issue.
Price: $20