Retrofitting Rooftops to Support Multiple Green Infrastructure Systems | Zendy

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Retrofitting Rooftops to Support Multiple Green Infrastructure Systems

Author(s) -

Jennifer Drake,

Liat Margolis,

Brent E. Sleep,

G. Mishriki

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

citeseer x (the pennsylvania state university)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1061/9780784479025.021

Subject(s) - retrofitting , architectural engineering , architecture , green roof , construction engineering , engineering , roof , green infrastructure , photovoltaic system , engineering management , systems engineering , civil engineering , environmental resource management , environmental science , geography , electrical engineering , structural engineering , archaeology

The second phase of the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design Green Roof Innovation Testing Laborarty (GRITlab) officially opened in 2014. The GRITlab project is an interdisciplinary research facility which brings together engineering, architecture and biology researcher. Phase II of GRITlab involved the retrofitting of the Daniels 106-year old roof to allow for the construction of two full-scale integrated green and photovoltaic systems. The completed GRITlab will serve as a research, educational and demonstration facility for green infrastructure. This paper will present the planning, design and construction of GRITlab Phase II and discuss the challenges of retrofitting rooftops to support green infrastructure.

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