Ise Lab Green Roofs

Jeremy lundholm with help from amy heim and scott macivor most of the research we do involves extensive green roofs.

Ise lab green roofs. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane it may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. Engineering laboratory ise lab was designed around the philosophy of integrating teaching learning and research. Academic buildings classrooms collaborative learning engineering green roof interdisciplinary laboratories lecture halls sciences sustainable. The ise lab was constructed to achieve at minimum the standards of the u s.

Udel s ise lab is racking up awards and getting published. Leed standards met by the ise building improving energy performance by 20 enhanced refrigerant management green power component inside the building 75 of demolition materials were recycled 10 of construction materials had recycled content. The interdisciplinary science engineering lab ise lab. Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although.

Green roofs also filter and reduce storm water runoff from buildings said mcguire. Green building council s leed silver designation. In turn the soil on green roofs acts as a system for capturing dust particles helping to keep the air clean. This represents a significant investment in environmentally friendly products equipment and design standards.

Also each air handler in the ise lab is equipped with a heat recovery system which increases the energy efficiency on campus. The second floor of the ise lab is the first of three floors physically connecting the instructional and research wings with the intention of making research more visible to the students. Extensive green roofs are typically defined as having shallow substrates usually 8 20cm or less of growing medium. 16 floor plans first floor.

The ise lab also features three green roofs where indigenous plants and succulents are used to reduce the amount of heat absorbed by a traditional roof in turn reducing the building s energy consumption. 0 other benefits of green roofs are the reduction of the urban temperature and the urban heat island effect the protection of buildings against ultraviolet radiation and abrupt temperature changes and the generation of food through the urban allotments. There are three green roofs on the ise lab the largest on the second floor of the west wing of the building that mitigates water runoff by trapping and filtering rainwater reduce the urban heat island effect and capture co2. Green roof research in halifax.

The reason we are mainly focused on extensive roofs is that there is greater potential application on a greater range of.