Abstract:<p>Green roofs are promoted to deliver climate regulation and urban heat island mitigation and many more. Ecosystem services of green roofs are discussed generally positively, but their footprint from production and demolition processes have not been fully addressed. In this study, a life cycle analysis (LCA) was conducted to assess the possibility of creating of a carbon-neutral green roof and to evaluate and compare the global warming potential (GWP) of two green roofs: 1) a conventional green … Show more
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