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Green-roof research in building-envelope education
Illinois Institute of Technology · Engineering LibreTexts
- Role
- Co-author of research used in the open textbook
- Host
- Illinois Institute of Technology · Engineering LibreTexts
- Textbook
- Building Envelope Inspection and Rehabilitation Engineering
- Learning material
- Section 6.4: Green Roofs · chapter 6 references
- Research co-authors
- Umberto Berardi, AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini and Ali GhaffarianHoseini
Research supporting engineering learning
An Illinois Institute of Technology open textbook draws on Professor Amir’s green-roof research. Building Envelope Inspection and Rehabilitation Engineering uses the review in its introduction to green roofs, explaining the municipal and state incentives supporting adoption in North American cities.
Connecting environmental benefits and construction practice
The green-roof chapter places these incentives alongside practical considerations including structural demands, architectural detailing, waterproofing, energy use and lifecycle costs. The full chapter reference list links the review to its original Applied Energy publication.
An open educational resource
The textbook is authored by Jamshid Mohammadi, Edoarda Corradi Dell’ Acqua, Bora Jang and Soliman Khudeira and shared on Engineering LibreTexts under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. It provides another route for Professor Amir’s research to reach people learning about building-envelope inspection and rehabilitation.
Research and coauthor credit
State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs — Umberto Berardi; AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini; Ali GhaffarianHoseini. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.047
