Green roofs offer several environmental and social benefits to urban life. However, such
roofs require a greater amount of materials than conventional roofs. The life cycle …

There is general agreement on the importance of green roofs as ways of reducing GHG
emissions, reducing overall costs and improving sustainability in urban areas. This …

Green roofs can be classified as intensive and extensive roofs based on their purpose and
characteristics. Green roofs are built with different layers and variable thicknesses …

Green roofs (GRs) have drawn huge global attention due to their multiple social as well as
environmental benefits in the past decade. Recently, in-depth and comprehensive research …

Recent years have seen an increase in the amount of green roofs in urban areas across the
world. The research to date has tended to focus on the general advantages of such roofs …

The main objective of this study was to analyse the environmental impacts of roof top
greenery systems for a building in Sydney, Australia, using the Life Cycle Assessment …

Properly designed green roofs are environmentally-friendly type of roofing which attracts
increasing attention of both general public and professionals. Their use brings many …

Multiple environmental benefits can be achieved by using a green roof instead of
conventional roofs. To better understand the LCA and cost-effectiveness of a green roof, a …

This paper describes the life cycle environmental cost characteristics of intensive and
extensive green roofs versus conventional roofs. A life cycle inventory and environmental …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to evaluate the benefits, primarily from reduced energy
consumption, resulting from the addition of a green roof to an eight story residential building …