Green Roofs - A 21st Century Solution to the Urban Challenges of Green Space, Air Pollution, Flooding & Energy Conservation

摘要

The urban challenges of green space, air pollution, flooding and quality of life, require a strong enough and feasible solution today. Green Roofs offer a proven and tested solution on both counts and have the advantage of delivering results already from the first year of their implementation. The issues of the quality of Life in urban areas especially in the summer with air pollution, the urban "Heat Island" effect, and in the winter with storm water filling the streets and causing property damages are some of the obvious reasons why Green Roofs need to be considered. Some of the less obvious benefits include noise reduction and energy conservation around the year as demonstrated in Monaco and other cities around the world. Green Roofs offer an opportunity for urban areas public elected officials to tackle these issues head-on and define their Green and environmental friendly future. Need convincing? Green Roofs, can reduce electric bills from heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, they can create "islands" for wildlife, offer a virtual garden for relaxation and kitchen garden on every roof, and in addition to creating a new demand and jobs in this entire sector of the local economies for growers of plants, trees, vegetables, and fruit and flowers which will be made available for sale to green roof owners as well as all Green roof expert services consulting and implementation jobs which will result in a better quality of life for people around the world. Children, will inherit a better environment, better air quality, fewer extreme temperatures, less street floods, a reduced energy consumption bill and the resulting property values their parents left them will be increased.