Section 1

• Assessment of the urban market, projects, volumes, companies involved.
• Market dynamics and drivers, specification requirements, routes to market.
• Biophilic design and Biophilia, using vegetation to improve workplace lifestyle.

Section 2

Living Roof Systems

• Extensive and intensive living roof systems, including sedum and wildflower.
• Modular, refurbishment, pitched and metal systems, complex greening.
• Bio-diverse, brown and blue roof systems, water attenuation, storage.

Vertical greening systems

• Lightweight modular, pre-established hydroponic systems, planted on site options.
• Green screens, acoustic barriers, wire trained systems, green pillars, internal.
• Terminology, benefits and pit falls. Why do systems fail, management requirements

Landscape and ground cover systems

• Ground cover blankets, plant type and systems.
• Aftercare & irrigation requirements.

Living Roof Compatible Technology

• Green roof compatible edge protection, man safe and fall arrest systems, solar support pads, retention and separation details.
• Inspection chambers, stone borders and habitat construction, allowances.
• Wildflower diversity islands, sand islands, increased diversity, sustainability.
• Bird and fire protection products.

Design Considerations

• Weights and loads, site, aspect, component selection.
• Species selection, aftercare & maintenance

Environmental and Ecological Drivers

• Vegetation selection and functional drivers.
• Focal Bio-diversity, Habitat provision / construction, Sustainability, Pollen and nectar foraging provision.
• Pollution filters, carbon sequestration, urban Biophilic design.

Section 3

Water Management

• Attenuation potential.
• Blue Roof systems, rain gardening.
• Storage and Harvesting, (walls and roofs).
• Irrigation and supplementary watering solutions, products and requirements.

Performance

• Acoustic, Insulation and U values performance
• Waterproofing products, solutions
• Design considerations, urban greening systems, site, logistics
• Planning support and allowances
• Ecological and bio-diversity
• Environmental performance, HAPs, VOCs and PM10 reduction and Biophilia

Regulations

• Warranties & guarantees, strengthening specifications
• NHBC and regulatory bodies, GRO / FLL, BREEAM and Eco points
• Urban directives, BAPs and regional controls.

Practical Assessments

• Building a sustainable living roof system
• Component and product examination
• System and component compatibilities and incompatibilities
• Water management options

Documentation Inclusion

Full generic Q37 pack of roof and vertical systems, Presentation on USB drive, installation and aftercare guidelines, Planning, systems and guidance notes.