1. NIDA JAWAD - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, COMSATS University Islamabad.
2. Dr. SYEDA RAAEHA-TUZ-ZAHRA ABIDI - Assistant Professor, School of Art, Design and Architecture, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. Dr. AMNA JAHANGIR - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, The University of Lahore.
4. RIDA ZAHRA - Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of the Punjab.
5. FATIMA TUZ ZAHRA - Department of Architecture, COMSATS University Islamabad.
Now a days there is a serious concern to introduce an effective and practical means to combat urbanization. Most of the people in developing countries are still ignorant of green roof and its various benefits associated with it. The west has successfully implemented this system but due to some reason developing and underdeveloped countries did not realize the importance of green roof due the high cost and technical know-how. Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in research on green roofs. Green roofs have been proposed as the best long-term solution for mitigating the negative effects of urbanization. In this article it is discussed and analyzed that green roof has more advantages than the conventional roof. Various other aspects like retrofitting, building envelope, thermal comfortability etc. have been also discussed.
Green roof, energy efficiency, sustainability, benefits, retrofitting.