Green walls and Green roofs

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About This Course

Techniques and application

This course is approved for 0.5 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits. After completing the course you can report your credit towards LEED credential maintenance.

Landscaping in urban areas, where space is at a premium, is witnessing a host of innovations. Green wall and green roof systems are increasingly becoming popular choices for turning facades, blind walls and roofs into ‘living’ systems. Along with being great landscape features, these systems also have the potential to enhance building performance!

This course is a primer on green roof and green wall systems. It walks you through the different systems available, their installation as well as design considerations for the systems.

If you want to understand how adding a green wall or roof in your design will benefit your project, this course is right for you!

The course is divided into 4 modules with high-quality media and graphics and an engaging narrative. At the end of this course, you will be able to leverage the use of green roof and wall systems to meet multiple sustainability goals in your project.

  • Identify the differences in horizontal and vertical landscape techniques

  • List the different types of green wall systems

  • Enumerate steps in installing green roof systems

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EDS Global

Environmental Design Solutions [EDS] is a sustainability advisory firm focusing on the built environment. Since its inception in 2002, EDS has worked on over 350 green building and energy efficiency projects worldwide. The diverse milieu of its team of experts converges on climate change mitigation policies, energy efficient building design, building code development, energy efficiency policy development, energy simulation and...

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ui-avatar of Żaneta Robak
Żaneta R.
5.0
1 year ago

basic knowledge of vertical walls and green roofs. good

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ui-avatar of Melis Özkan
Melis �.
2.5
3 years ago

transkrit otomatik olarak yazılmış. Öğretmenin aksanından dolayı anlaşılmayan kelimeleri anlamakta zorlandım.

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ui-avatar of Susan Stello
Susan S.
5.0
4 years ago

Very well done!

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ui-avatar of Morais Burgess
Morais B.
2.5
4 years ago

I was expecting detailed explanations about the different aspects of green walls/ green roofs.

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ui-avatar of Jennifer Proctor
Jennifer P.
5.0
4 years ago

Great course about the basics!

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ui-avatar of Mathijs Peeters
Mathijs P.
5.0
5 years ago

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ui-avatar of Joseph Parfait Vangah
Joseph P. V.
4.0
5 years ago

I really liked the course. I was hoping to have more details on the construction part of green roofs and walls. Overall, the course is good. What I disliked is that the voice of the lecturer is low and not constant. Thank you

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ui-avatar of Vanisha Gogna
Vanisha G.
4.5
5 years ago

Really nice session , got lot much to know about the green roof and green walls.

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ui-avatar of Bart Smeets
Bart S.
3.0
5 years ago

Lastig te verstaan en slechte vertaling

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ui-avatar of Mandy St. Rose
Mandy S. R.
4.5
5 years ago

Very concise and all encompassing introduction to green walls and roofs. A very good foundation for further work.

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