Green infrastructure is a set of systems and strategies that promote a more sustainable and efficient development, this paper reviews the green roofs and facades that are part of this infrastructure. Currently, its application in buildings aims to take advantage of its “ecosystem services”, such as energy savings, reduction of the heat island, improvements in water quality, air and health, and other advantages that are broken down into the article, which are achieved through natural processes carried out by vegetation, which allows evapotranspiration, the absorption of impurities, the reduction of noise, the capture of rainwater. Thus, collaborating in the reduction of sewage systems load in the cities, thanks to the use of the water captured, also contributing to water cost reduction from the drinking network of the cities. This paper results from a literature review on advantages and disadvantages that green roofs and walls offer in an urban environment.
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