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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"green roofs"”.
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Reliability analysis of green roofs under different storm scenarios
… in runoff caused by increasing impervious area. Green infrastructure offers an alternative method of runoff reduction, by using natural processes to infiltrate, store, and treat runoff at its source. In particular, green roofs can promise multiple benefits in terms of runoff reduction, air …
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Nutrient Dynamics in Stormwater Runoff from Green Roofs with Varying Substrate
… leads to greater amounts of surface runoff. Green technology serves as a viable solution to many of the environmental problems presented by modern development. Fifteen mock, extensive green roofs were built in the fall of 2008 at the Watershed Research and Education Center in Fayetteville, …
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Exploring the response of urban storm sewer system to the implementation of green roofs
… of urban watersheds has become a hot topic. Green roofs, which have been reported as an effective means of reducing urban storm water runoff, have been widely used in Europe and are gaining increasing attention in the US. This thesis presents a method to study the changes of urban catchment …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… posed by urban environments, the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… posed by urban environments, the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what …
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Design Principles and Case Study Analysis for Low Impact Development Practices - Green Roofs, Rainwater Harvesting and Vegetated Swales
… principles for three important LID practices: green roofs, rainwater harvesting and bioswales. The most important component of the thesis is the qualitative analysis of various case studies based on the LID objectives drawn from the literature review for each LID practice. Through the course of …
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Green Roof Exposure and Office Workers' Mental Health: Work-related Distress, Mental Fatigue, and Perceived Restoration
… health and wellbeing (Kaplan and Kaplan 1989). Green roofs can be one of the most easily accessible nature places for office workers in city centers. This study examines the relationship between green roofs and work-related distress, mental fatigue, and restoration. An online survey of 179 …
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DESIGNING FOR BIODIVERSITY TO INFLUENCE HABITAT ON A GREEN ROOF IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
… to enhance pollinator and avian diversity on a green roof in the District of Columbia. Biodiversity trends on green roofs in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the United States are discussed. Focusing on North America, reconciliation ecology is explored through the use of case …
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Evaluating the Hydrologic and Thermal Performance of a Green Roof in Syracuse: Measurements and Modeling of a Full-Scale System
… of traditional infrastructure rehabilitation, green infrastructure, which mimics natural systems, has become a popular solution. Green roofs are one prominent example of green infrastructure. These are engineered vegetative systems positioned on the top of roof structures have been widely …
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Ecodistricts in San Francisco: The Implementation of Neighborhood Regional Planning and Its Potential Effects on Environmental Resilience
… with the intention of revitalizing and greening this urbanized region of the city. At this time, the Central SoMa area has very low biodiversity levels, inefficient infrastructure, and poor water management capabilities. Through the implementation of ecodistricts in San Francisco, the …
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Inhabiting the interstitial: design experiments in aviary architecture and habitat creation
… emphasize the role of natural areas, parks and green roofs as the primary habitat, between these spaces is an interstitial space that may help to connect habitats and form intimate, visible, and thoughtful, human-bird relationships. This thesis proceeds with a series of mappings, ecological …
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Toward sustainable stormwater management : overcoming barriers to green infrastructure
… to stormwater management, cities are looking to green infrastructure. The term "green infrastructure," when used for stormwater management, denotes design techniques, such as raingardens, green roofs, permeable pavement, street trees, and rain barrels, that infiltrate, evapotranspirate, capture, …
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Green or Greenwashed? A case study of Urban Greenery in Sustainable Residential Development in Vancouver
… thesis investigates the incorporation of urban greenery in the form of nature-based solutions (NbS) in high-rise residential developments in the City of Vancouver and critically examines how greenwashing practices may undermine their authenticity and effectiveness. Employing a qualitative case …
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Rethinking Urban Green Infrastructure as a Means to Promote Avian Conservation
… potential for cities to use urban green infrastructure to contribute to avian biodiversity conservation. At the global scale, climate change and growing urbanization are primary global drivers leading to decline and homogenization in world bird populations. Birds are fundamental and …
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A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
… the "optimal" solution to a design problem. Green roofs have many different characteristics based on a variety of variables. Designers typically weigh the impacts of these characteristics in an implicit process based on intuition or past experience. But since vegetated roofing is a relatively …
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Iron Heart Memory Village - Designing Independent Living for Dementia Residents to Enhance Mobility
… construction. Innovative architecture, such as green roofs, solar panels, locally sourced materials, open designs, and more, are some of the elements used to enhance mobility, stimulate mental abilities, and create environments conducive to holistic well-being. Through a deeper understanding of …
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Energy saving potential of various roof technologies
Unconventional roof technologies such as cool roofs and green roofs have been shown to reduce building heating and cooling load. Although previous studies suggest potential for energy savings through such technologies, many factors affect potential savings. To further investigate these factors, a …
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Designing green stormwater infrastructure for hydrologic and human benefits: an image based machine learning approach
… attention to catchment-wide implementation of green infrastructure (e.g., decentralized green storm water management practices such as bioswales, rain gardens, permeable pavements, tree box filters, cisterns, urban wetlands, urban forests, stream buffers, and green roofs) to replace or …
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