Retrofitting Housing with Lightweight Green Roof Technology in Sydney, Australia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The built environment contributes around half of total greenhouse gas emissions and with 87% of residential buildings that we will have by 2050 already built, it is vital to adopt sustainable retrofitting practices. The question is: what are the viable solutions? One answer may be green roof retrof...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sara Wilkinson, Renato Castiglia Feitosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/1/1081