Green roofs - improving urban environments in a changing climate

绿色屋顶是一种新兴的适应气候变化的技术，在欧洲和北美很普遍，但在澳大利亚很少见，也没有经过测试。我们的研究将通过克服阻碍其实施的障碍，显著地推动澳大利亚绿色屋顶产业的发展。这将在各种规模上带来多种环境、经济和健康效益。对个别建筑的好处包括更高的能源效率，增加屋顶寿命和减少噪音。环境效益包括生物多样性栖息地、雨水流量减少和质量改善以及城市环境降温。这将进一步减少能源使用和温室气体排放，同时减少热浪期间人类健康面临的风险。

Green roofs are an emerging climate change adaptation technology that is widespread in Europe and North America, but rare and untested in Australia. Our research will significantly progress the Australian green roof industry by overcoming barriers to their implementation. This will lead to multiple environmental, economic and health benefits at a variety of scales. Benefits for individual buildings include greater energy efficiency, increased roof life and the attenuation of noise. Environmental benefits include biodiversity habitat, reduced volume and improved quality of stormwater flows and cooling of the urban environment. This will further reduce energy use and greenhouse emissions, while reducing human health risks during heat waves.