Sentence examples for roof guidelines from inspiring English sources

With the aim to assess the effectiveness of green roof guidelines and norms in supporting plant and soil biodiversity in different ecoregions, and particularly of the Mediterranean one, the German guidelines, the Swiss and Italian norms are screened and discussed in this paper.

Since the green roof substrate we investigated was shallow (8.9 cm) and reliable, and green roof guidelines for Europe (FLL 2008) suggest that forbs and grasses need more than 12.7 cm to thrive on green roofs, we looked to other forms of plants such as succulents and subshrubs.

Green roof standards and guidelines are also emerging to be used for governance and project specification.

Based on the results, future green roof research and guidelines should consider climate specifications of the region in designing growing medium, depths and attribute of green roof substrates in order to ensure enhanced plant performance.

The guidelines state, 'green roofs are designed to depend primarily on precipitation for their water supply' (p. 47), and thus the guidelines define performance expectations for substrate depth, composition and stability, porosity, nutrient- and water-holding capacity as well as plant watering requirements.

Wherever you want the peak at, draw a line from there, along the guideline, along the roof.

Richard Hirsh, a Covenant House spokesman, said, "We did not allow someone to put a sign on the roof without putting through the requisite guidelines".

Criteria for selecting vegetation for unirrigated green roof systems are articulated in the 'Guidelines for the Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Green Roofing', commonly referred to as the German FLL Guidelines for green roofs (FLL 2008).

These results may provide workable guidelines for the optimization of roof shapes and support designs in minimizing rock detachment above cavity roofs in practice.

The guidelines stipulate everything from roof-top plantings that don't need a lot of water to requisite bicycle storage.

As mentioned above, the roofs sampled probably adhered to the FLL guidelines and the same would apply to substrate composition.