• Technologies for a sustainable built environment
  • The contribution of green roofs to mitigate urban heat island effect in Rio de Janeiro

    ABSTRACT: Green roofs represent the reintroduction and inclusion of vegetation and biodiversity in the built urban environment. The integration of vegetation through green roofs; for example, using grasses, succulents, flowers, shrubs, and trees in urban areas is particularly important to maintain cool built urban environment because buildings, streets and other infrastructures increase the heat absorption, which results in the […]