Green roof as an effective strategy to reduce CO2 emission: A review

Muhammad SHAFIQUE; Xiaowei LUO

Green roof as an effective strategy to reduce CO₂ emission: A review

Muhammad SHAFIQUE
, Xiaowei LUO^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Nowadays, global warming has become a serious concern, and there is also an urgent attention to reduce energy consumptionjs and CO₂ emission to make our cities safe, sustainable and resilient to climate change. Until now, various green practices have been adopted to decrease the energy consumptionjs as well as CO₂ emission of the buildings in urban areas. However, the green roofs are suggested as the one effective tool that can help to reduce the large amount of CO₂ in urbanized areas. This review comprises the up to date research on how green roof plants can help to decrease the CO₂ emission, how can the effective design of the green roof enhance the benefits, and suggest the future research opportunities. This study focuses on how green roof vegetation's influences the CO₂ sequestration, CO₂ emission and air pollution in urban areas. This study also evaluates how plant, substrate selection affects the green roof performance. This review study is also suggested the future research pathways how green roof can combine with other related technologies for the multiple benefits which can help policymakers to adopt the green roof practices on a larger scale.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CIB World Building Congress 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Constructing Smart Cities
ISBN (Electronic)	978-962-367-821-6
Publication status	Published - Jun 2019
Event	CIB World Building Congress 2019 (CIB WBC 2019) "Constructing Smart Cities” - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Duration: 17 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019 http://www.wbc2019.hk/index.html https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/docdrive/CIBWBC2019/proceedings.html https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/-/media/department/bre/publication/cib-worldcongress2019_booklet.pdf https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/docdrive/CIBWBC2019/index.html

Conference

Conference	CIB World Building Congress 2019 (CIB WBC 2019) "Constructing Smart Cities”
Place	Hong Kong, China
Period	17/06/19 → 21/06/19
Internet address	http://www.wbc2019.hk/index.html https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/docdrive/CIBWBC2019/proceedings.html https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/-/media/department/bre/publication/cib-worldcongress2019_booklet.pdf https://www.polyu.edu.hk/bre/docdrive/CIBWBC2019/index.html

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

Research Keywords

green roof
CO2 emission reduction
urban areas, vegetation’s
climatic conditions

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