Green Roof Benefits And Challenges

This review paper includes the history of the green roof green roof components and multiple benefits environmental social and economical associated with the green roof technology.

Green roof benefits and challenges.

Many studies have been conducted over the past 10 years to consider the potential building energy benefits of green roofs and have shown that. Green roof have been proposed as the sustainable practice to mitigate the adverse effects of urbanization. Green roof benefits opportunities and challenges a review 1. This paper also emphasizes how the green roof works in different areas their performance in reducing the stormwater and energy costs improving air and ecological performance.

Ecological benefits birds bees butterflies and other animals can benefit from green roofs. Primary economic benefits of installing green roofs are lower energy costs less frequent roof replacement due to greater durability reduced stormwater management costs and creation of job opportunities. The benefits of green roof shows that it plays an important role in making cities more secure sustainable and resilient to local climate change. Green roofs at the building rooftop are old techniques.

These challenges can be. In fact owners may even consider hosting a bee colony on their roof creating another form of income. Climate change and urbanization are the topics of current interest. Primary green roof costs are related to installation and maintenance.

At ancient times people constructed. Both heating and cooling where a green roof is present becomes less expensive because the roof helps with insulation. Evolution of green roofs.