A Study of Living Roofs and Walls In Indian Context with a Sustainable Approach

Authors

  • Anjali Gupta  Department of Architecture, Madhav institute of Technology and science, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Environmental Sustainability, Living Roofs, Living Walls.

Abstract

Due to urbanization and industrialization, increased population is leading to shortage of green spaces. Due to this the world started facing some problems such as -Urban heat island, carbon foot print, storm water runoff etc. Living roofs and walls significantly contribute to sustainability by increasing energy efficiency of a building, helping our cities to mitigate the effect of heat island, provide sound insulation, give us a new ecology for various species and turn the wasted roof into various types of amenities. They are emerging as important addition into the palette of construction techniques. This paper shows the benefit of Living roofs and walls over conventional roofs and walls. Although Living roofs are initially more expensive to construct than conventional roof, they can be more economical over the life span because of the energy saved and the longevity of roof membranes. Green roofs are considered as a solution to improve the urban environment and are an ideal tool as the building choice to increase the environmental sustainability in urban setting. This paper aims to deal with living roof and wall techniques based on the strategies of sustainable development in architecture and its impact on environment and finding solution to the barriers in implementation of living walls and roof.

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2018-06-30

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Anjali Gupta, " A Study of Living Roofs and Walls In Indian Context with a Sustainable Approach, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 8, pp.453-461, May-June-2018.