Small Green Roofs: Low-Tech Options for Greener Living (2011)

by Nigel Dunnett, Dusty Gedge, John Little, Edmund C. Snodgrass

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Until now, the green roof movement has been limited to large-scale, professional endeavors and public buildings. But homeowners everywhere are catching onto the benefits of a green roof--water conservation, energy savings, and storm water management. 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. 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. 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. 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)

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Benefits of a green roof include rainwater management, energy conservation, insulation, biodiversity, and waste water treatment. Small Green Roofs: Low-Tech Options For Greener Living demonstrates how green roofs can be included or added to the designs of smaller homes, sheds, garages and buildings. Some consider the roof the “final horticultural frontier.”

The book emphasizes simplicity and utility: “Green roofs are a simple concept. If you can keep the plants and soil on the roof and let the excess water off, you have a green roof.” In addition to the basics of planning and creating a green roof, the book profiles over 40 small and domestic roof projects ranging from home-built to commercially designed and built. Each profile talks about the owner’s concept, experience and satisfaction with their roof as well as pitfalls and problems. The profiles are accompanied by photos of the project.

This is an excellent source for anyone that has an interest in building a structure with a green roof or adding one to an existing building. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Dunnett, Nigel	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Gedge, Dusty	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Little, John	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Snodgrass, Edmund C.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Until now, the green roof movement has been limited to large-scale, professional endeavors and public buildings. But homeowners everywhere are catching onto the benefits of a green roof--water conservation, energy savings, and storm water management. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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