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This achieves a greater contextual integration while maintaining the openness of the site by continuing the usable green space over the museum roof.

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This information bulletin establishes guidelines and requirements for occupied rooftop gardens or. Green roof should say rubber roof since thats what is keeping out the water my nicer buildings have new metal no exposed fastenrs is best but expensive most of my structures have used or found metal roofing for shop like structures i stick gutter sealant in the old holes one i cut into shingles but it was a loud process still though the metal. Starting october 1 2014 the 2014 los angeles green building code requires that roofing material used in residential buildings meet minimum values for 3 year aged solar reflectance and thermal emittance or for sri. Join the forum now and benefit from discussions with thousands of other green building fans and discounts on green building press publications.

All discussions 1 to 50 of 15734. Green space can be provided on a roof a vegetated roof or green roof or at grade. Green roof would be 4 inches of soil plants. An iconic structure in this scenario seamlessly inhabits rather than competes with the site bridging the community formally and functionally with the building s intent.

For this compliance option the ordinance requires an amount of green space related to either the gross floor area total roof area or available roof area.