Transcript Green Roofing Resource List

Resource List – Where to go for more information
Trade
Publication or
Resource
What Is Covered
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Sheet Metal
“SMACNA Manual” Architectual
Sheet Metal Manual, 6th Edition
Terminology, Typical Designs,
Specifications, Roof Drain, Downspout
and Gutter Sizing
Hardcopy available in
PCC Rock Creek
Campus Library
Irrigation
Dripworks:
www.dripworks.com
(800) 522-3747
Comprehensive catalogue of irrigation
supplies including clocks, fertilizers,
connections, tubing, etc.
Get the Hardcopy
Catalogue, as opposed to
the online version
Roofing
Roofers Local 49 (Roofers Union)
5032 SE 26th Ave Portland, OR
(503) 232-4807
Single Ply Training through JATC, the
Junior Apprenticeship Program. Open to
Union Roofers, and (sometimes)
newbies
Contractor/
Business
Training or
Assistance
Contractor Support Program
Rachel Browning, Interim Program
Manager (503) 335-3668 email:
[email protected]
2627 NE MLK Blvd, PDX
Non-profit org that helps those applying
for licensed contractor status, with
advice, seminars, and further resources.
All free.
Especially geared for
emerging, minority or
women owned
construction firms. See
www.hdc1.org for more
info
Greenroof
Designers
FLL German Greenroof Guidelines
(2002 English Translation) Available
from www.Roofmeadow.com
“Planning, Execution and Upkeep of
Greenroof Sites.” (FLL is a German
non-Profit specializing in Specifications
for the landscape industry.)
Extensive, and
Exhaustive information on
root barriers, drainage
layers, growth media
Horticulture
Sedums, Cultivated Stonecrops
By Ray Stephenson
Hardcover, 1994
Sedum Selection, Cultivation, and
Propagation.
We call it “The Sedum
Bible” Propagation
section particularly helpful
compared with “learning
by growing.”
Resource List – Where to go for more information
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London
Ecology
Unit
Building Green: A Guide to Planting
on Roofs, Walls and Pavements. By
Jacklyn Johnston and John Newton,
2004
General Design/ Ideas. A
great overall guide or “idea
book.” Well-written and down
to earth. This is at least one of
the hardest books to find, yet
also one of the very best. Start
here.
Available free, online
as a .pdf at:
www.london.gov.uk/ma
yor/strategies/biodivers
ity/docs/Building_Gree
n_main_text.pdf
Ecoroofs
Everywhere
www.ecoroofseverywhere.org
(503) 740-2051
[email protected]
Portland area non-Profit
facilitating ecoroof installations
in the local area. Very useful
website with 12 local case
studies.
“A clearinghouse of
greenroof information
for the greater Portland
metro area.”
Bureau of
Environmen
tal Services
Portland Ecoroof Tours Booklet
And Ecoroof Questions and
Answers
Extremely useful information
on local ecoroofs to see,
answers to some of the most
common questions.
http://www.portlandonli
ne.com/bes/index.cfm?
c=34663
Bureau of
Environmen
tal Services
Portland Stormwater Management
Manual. Simplified Approach.
Pages 2-37 through 2-43 for
ecoroofs.
http://www.portlandonli
ne.com/shared/cfm/im
age.cfm?id=55753
Plant List
Scientifi
c Name
Commo Na
n Name tiv
e?
Sun/E Bloom
xpos Time and
ure
Color
Characteristics
Sedum acre
Biting
Stonecrop
Shade
to
Partial
Sun.
May-June
Yellow
Flowers
Much Die Back in the summer drought. Not such
a good choice for droughty conditions. Tolerant of
Wetness
Sedum
album
White
Stonecrop
Mostly
to Full
Sun
May-June
White
Flowers.
A great, mat-forming choice. Reddish Foliage in
Sunlight or Stress. Many Varieties. Seems to
always look good. “Coral Carpet” is known for
extra red coloration.
Sedum
divergens
Cascade
Stonecrop
Mostly
to Full
Sun
May-June
Yellow
Flowers.
Mat-Forming. Similar to S. oreganum.
Sedum
hybridum
?
Mostly
to Full
Sun
July-August
Yellow
Flowers
Very Tolerant of Droughty Conditions. MatForming. One of the Best Growers. Very hard to
kill.
Sedum
oreganum
Oregon
Stonecrop
Shade
to
Partial
Sun
July-August
Yellow
Flowers
Mounding and Spreading Habit. Green to Red
foliage. Tolerant of Wetness.
Sedum
rupestre
var. erectum
Reflexed
Stonecrop
Mostly
to Full
Sun
July
Pointed greyish/green leaves. Var. “erectum” has
a more upright growth habit. Particularly Drought
Tolerant.
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Plant List
Scientifi
c Name
Commo Na
n Name tiv
e?
Sun/E Bloom Time and Color
xpos
ure
Sedum
sexangular
Tasteless
Stonecrop
Shade
to Sun
May – July Yellow Flowers
High tolerance to drought.
Much more so than S. acre
Sedum
spathifolium
Broadleav
ed
Stonecrop
Partial
Shade
to
Mostly
Sunny
Summer – Yellow Flowers
Grayish color to foliage. Not
mat-forming, ever. Most
commonly planted species.
May be good thrown in the
mix.
Sedum
spurium var
“dragon’s
blood”
Dragon’s
Blood
Sedum
Partial
Sun to
Full Sun
July to as late as November
Pink flowers
Creeping stems along the
ground. Foliage appears
bare stems only have leaves
at the terminus and the color
is dark red
Sempervivu
m tectorum
Hens and
Chicks
Full Sun
Pink Reddish Flower Clusters on
12” stems. Mid summer. Only a
few bloom each year, as the plant
dies after flowering.
Rosette growth form.
Spreads by offshoots.
Delosperma
cooperii
Ice Plant
Mostly
to Full
Sun
Purple. Variable bloom time, Fall
and Spring flowering is possible.
Dense, aggressive growth,
can be invasive.
Delosperma
nubigenum
Dwarf Ice
Plant
Mostly
to Full
Sun
May – June, sometimes as late as
Sept. Bright Yellow
Dense, aggressive, matforming habit. Red color in
winter
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Characteristics