Green Roofs - basic concepts and application
Entry Requirements
Course facts
LK0319, Green Roofs - basic concepts and application, 15.0 Hp
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Syllabus
Level
First cycle (G1N)
Main field of study
Landscape Architecture
Grading Scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Course language
Swedish
Entry Requirements
Objectives
The course has as general aims to facilitate for students to expand their knowledge of different types of green roofs. During the course students will treat questions connected to delivery of ecosystem services from green solutions, how different green roofs influence the urban environment and how these aspects can be brought in urban planning. The course will also bring up questions connected to safe installation of green roofs on buildings and how vegetation and soil can be designed to achieve high quality.
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- give examples of different types of vegetation covered roofs and explain their respective advantages and disadvantages with regard to the urban environment
- give examples of how green roofs can be integrated in urban planning as well as describe which ecosystem services that can be connected to green roofs
- give a detailed description and discuss how green roofs influence the urban environment with regard to urban hydrology, urban energy balances, biodiversity, aesthetics, air quality and recreation values
- have a basic understanding of how an installation of a green roof can influence the building envelope including sealing membrane and building energy balance
- be able to explain how substrate and soil suited for different types of green roofs function, can be designed and specified at procurement. The students should also be able to give example different components for green roof substrates.
Content
The course covers green roofs from a broad perspective as it stretches over the multifunctionality of the systems in relation to the urban environment and the complex context in the border between design, technology and biology. In this, the course stretches from biology and soil science to how one can design and use roofscapes for human experience. The development of knowledge connected to green roofs has gone fast during the latest 15 the years and there are many international scientific environments that work with the questions. The course will have an international perspective on green roofs.
The course is based on literature studies, lectures, exercises and field trips as well as a final project work.
The course covers the following aspects connected to green roofs:
- green roofs influence on the urban environment in relation to urban hydrology, urban energy balances, biodiversity, aesthetics, air quality and recreation,
- planning tools for urban green infrastructure,
- building construction,
- definitions and concepts connected to different types of vegetation-covered roofs,
- presentation of different types of green roofs,
- basic soil science,
- basic plant ecology and plant physiology,
- design and implementation of green roofs.
Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course
Examination takes place through a large project work and a number of home assignments. A Pass grade for the entire course requires a passed project work, a passed project presentation as well as passed home assignments.
Responsible Department/Equivalent
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Supplementary information
Module set
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Green roofs in urban planning and policy development | 3.0 | 0301 |
| Effects of green roofs on the urban environment | 5.0 | 0302 |
| Building green roofs with quality | 5.0 | 0303 |
| Project work | 2.0 | 0304 |