This project explores the impact of installing a vegetated green roof on the first office building of the new City Square Development in Worcester, Massachusetts. Potential LEED credits were considered in the design of the green roof, a structural analysis of the roof under the additional load was performed, and a cost benefit analysis was conducted. Building information modeling software was used to aid in the design process including the Revit Design Suite, and ROBOT Structural Analysis.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Rodrigues, John M.
• Huard, William Robert
• Huard, Jeffrey Michael
• McGinnis, David Connor

Contributors

• Nitsch, Judith
• LePage, Suzanne

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042612-112353

Advisor

• Salazar, Guillermo F.
• Swierz, Edward J.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-26

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright