What is it about?
A redefined green roof system with climbers apart from becoming a successful strategy for UHI adaptation is also able to record savings on water and also an estimated 568% savings on topsoil consumption with an impact on the reduction of pollution from excavation.
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Why is it important?
Conventional green roofs are difficult to adopt as a strategy for greening existing buildings due to the cost involved in structural load considerations and water proofing. Climbing plants however are able to adapt to the existing roofs for a better thermal-radiative performance than conventional green roofs.
Perspectives
Researchers have sought for many ways to increase the influence of green infrastructure in the regulation of heat islands and I believe redefining green roofs with climbers will not only make it easier for the mass adoption of green roof but open up more ideas for bio-hybrid approach to greening.
Emmanuel Otchere-Darko
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Redefining green roof systems with climbers: simulation of a conceptual model for thermal-radiative performance and plant vitality, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, February 2023, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijbpa-05-2022-0083.
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