Green roofs have been proposed for sustainable buildings in many countries with different
climatic conditions. A state-of-the-art review of green roofs emphasizing current …

Although vegetated green roofs can be difficult to establish and maintain, they are an
increasingly popular method for mitigating the negative environmental impacts of …

Urban drainage infrastructure is generally designed to rapidly export stormwater away from
the urban environment to minimize flood risk created by extensive impervious surface cover …

As cities continue to grow and develop under climate change, identifying and assessing
practical approaches to mitigate high urban temperatures is critical to help provide thermally …

Green roofs have the potential to offer numerous ecosystem services; however, they are
rarely designed to achieve them. Instead, design is restricted by perceived structural and …

Constructed ecosystems such as green roofs often contain monocultures or low‐diversity
plant communities, but adding more plant species to these systems can increase ecosystem …

The residential sector is one of the primary energy consumers and emitters of greenhouse
gases. Given the environmental problem, one of the methods of mitigating electricity …

Green roofs have gained much attention as a modern roofing surface due to their potential to
deliver many environmental and social benefits. Studies have indicated that different GR …

Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in urban construction due to their wide array
of benefits for creating a sustainable ecosystem. Many stakeholders invest in green roofs in …

The relative contribution of substrate depth and vegetation type on temperature mitigation
and stormwater runoff reduction was studied in an experimental green roof in North eastern …