Innovation in Green Building Technology: The Impact of Bamboo Metal Roofing

Abstract

Of late, the human population has increased tremendously, accelerated pace of development caused the depletion of resources and changes in the earth's environment. As a result, the approach to minimizing the earth's environment is that to fulfill human needs are required. One of the approaches is by use of the green building which low carbon footprint in construction as well as reduces the negative environmental damage. The current study is aligned with ongoing global efforts for sprouting robust green building technologies. Using bamboo as the main environmental-friendly material, this paper is to create enhancement in the materials of metal roofing while solving the complications (i.e., corroding, lack of proper installation, natural defects, and unsafety) that have been occurring using metal roofing in the construction industry. Therefore, this study aims to propose an innovative idea for Bamboo Metal Roofing which includes its components, manufacturing process, dimensional guide design, and potential impact. An overview of Bamboo Metal Roofing through an extensive literature review via three main databases (ie., Web of Science, Science Direct, and Scopus) was conducted. Then, the 3D model using Google SketchUp was used to visualize the concept and idea of the proposed Bamboo Metal Roofing. The findings indicated that the proposed Bamboo Metal Roofing has great potential to be marketed (i.e., local or international) due to its impact (i.e., simple, easy, and fast installation, environmentalfriendly, cost-effective (i.e., material management), and high-quality construction. Hence, it is hoped that the proposed Bamboo Metal Roofing would reduce the issues associated with the existing metal roofing as well as minimize environmental impact.