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Green Roofs in Temperate Climates and in the Hot‐humid Tropics – Far Beyond the Aesthetics by Manfred Köhler; Marco Schmidt; Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme; Michael Laar; Vera Lúcia de Assunção Paiva; Sergio Tavares is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Green Roofs in Temperate Climates and in the Hot‐humid Tropics – Far Beyond the Aesthetics about?

Green roofs are still often seen as a pure aesthetical element in architecture, as a spleen of some “greenies”. In fact green roofs already contribute, to some extent, to a better microclimate through evaporation, filtering of dust from the air and a decrease in temperatures at the rooftop. In cities like Berlin and Munich many green roofs have already been realised. Coupled with this microclimate improvement, is the thermal comfort improvement under such roofs by more mass, dry or wet substrate, and shading through the plants. Besides improving the microclimate and the indoor climate, the retention of rainwater is another important advantage. That means an important reduction of the rainwater input in the sewage system during rainfalls, cutting the peak load, avoiding an overload of the system, which might cause flooding and serious health problems. The risk of flooding in cities, which is increasing in many cities due to a ground sealed by buildings, asphalt and concrete, can be diminished. One recent example of the use of green roofs with this purpose is the Potsdamer Platz in the centre of Berlin, where 100 percent of the rainwater has to be evaporated or used for toilet flushi

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Author

Manfred Köhler; Marco Schmidt; Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme; Michael Laar; Vera Lúcia de Assunção Paiva; Sergio Tavares

Publisher

Emerald

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)