A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF GREEN ROOF

PERFORMANCE AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY IN INDIAN

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.

Presented by:
 Manoj jadhav
 Prasad Mahale
 Aakash Shinde
 Vedant Aadhav
 Harish Chauhan
 Anuja Shinde

Guided By: Sayli Avhad

 Course Outline :
1. Problem Statement

2. Literature review

3. Introduction

3.1 What is green roof?

3.2 Importance of Green roofs

3.3 Types of Green roof

3.4 Components of Green roofs

4. Goal and Objective

5. Case study

6. Expected outcome
 PROBLEM STATEMENT
 Are Green roofs suitable in Arid and semi-arid countries?

 Performance of green roofs in composite climate, such as

Climate in India is yet not investigated.

 Green roofs implementation on existing buildings in view of

structural mobility need to be investigated properly.

 Additionally climate and water resisting plants which are

suitable for local conditions also plays important role in the
performance and therefore needs to be investigated for
suitability.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
Sr. Author Year Title Description
No

1. S.G. 2021 Green Roof:  These review mainly focuses on the multiple
Taji A review of benefits and limitations of green roof in urban
et.al performance areas.
and 1) Benefits - Improvement in runoff quality ,
limitations. reduce air pollution , aesthetical improvement
2) Limitations – High initial cost and maintenance
cost, lack of local research, structural limitations.
2. F.Abas 2020 A review of  Investigated the concept of the implementation
s et.al green roof: of living plant and grass on building roof
Definition, appeared in different climate (Hot & Cold) as a
Sr. Author Year Title Description
No

3. Peter 2010 Green Roof growing  Growth Substrate Types.

A.Y. substrate : Types  Growing Substrate Components.
Ampim ,ingredient and  Physical, Chemical & Biological
et.al properties Properties of Green Roof
Substrate.
4. MillaAra 2021 Construction Of Green  Development of Nutritious
újo de Roofs Via Using The Substrate Through The Use Of
Almeida Substrates Made From Renewable Material via
et.al Green Coconut Fibre Vermicomposting.
And Sugarcane Bagasse  Characteristics of Sugarcane
Bagasse and Green Coconut Fibre.
5. VivekDu 2017 Green Roof : Requisite  Advantages of green roof.
 INTRODUCTION

What is green roof?

 A roof of a building that is partially or completely
covered with vegetation planted over a waterproofing
membrane.
Importance of green roofs
Types of Green roofs
 Extensive Green Roof

 Depth ranges from 3 to 6 inches

 Light in weight
 Low cost establishment
 Grass and herbs can be planted
 Intensive Green Roof

 Depth 10 inches and more

 Supports trees and shrubs
 Heavier than the other two types
 Requires more maintenance
 Semi-intensive Green roof

 Depth ranges from 6-10 inches

 Intermediate type
 Requires more maintenance
 Higher initial cost
 Grass, perennials and shrubs
STRUCTURE OF GREEN ROOF
 Vegetation layer

 Uppermost layer

 Dictated by the depth of substrate

 Minimal input plants must be selected (Water,

Fertilizers)

 Low maintenance
 GROWING MEDIA (SOIL)

 used for the classification of the green roofs

 Must be light weight
 Must have good water storage capacity
 FILTER LAYER

 separates the drainage layer from the roof garden substrate

 prevents small soil particles from filling the drainage

 DRAINAGE LAYER

 Helps the excess water from soil to flow to the roof drain

 Stores water in green roof

 Helps plants survive the dry weather

 ROOT BARRIER LAYER

 prevent roots from breaking through roof’s

waterproof and drainage layers
 Thickness atleast 2.5mm
 WATER PROOFING MEMBRANE

 Protects roof from leakage or damage

 help stop water from infiltrating foundation and
protects structure from water damage
 GOAL AND OBJECTIVE
 Goal:
To propose the new model of green roof with water resisting plants and light
weight soil substrate for composite climate

 Objectives:
 To understand the performance of green roof.
 To survey the functions of different components of green roofs from
literature.
 To investigate the performance of proposed green roof.
 To select and prepare light weight moisture holding soil substrate for
green roof.
 To investigate the suitability of local plants for green roofs.
 GREEN ROOF IN INDIA
CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad

The confederation of Indian Industries (CII) building is the

first LEED platinum rated building which is awarded by US
Green building council in nov 2003.
 It is built in 2003, First commercial buildings in India to
have a large green roof
 Location: Hyderabad, India

 Name: CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre

 Size: 4.5 acres (total site area) 1,858 m2 (total built up area)
1,115 m2 (total air-conditioned area)

 Architectural Design: Karan Grover and Associates,

India

 Type: Office building

 Type of green roof : 50 - 60% of building’s roof is

covered by extensive green roof
Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad
 M. Anand, senior counsellor of the Confederation of Indian Industry's
Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre says,
 “In the last years that we've been operational, we have observed
how our green roof has gradually attracted birds and bees to the urban
area”
 “Generally, heat is absorbed by roofs and reflected back into the
environment, further heating the ambient air”
 “roof effectively reduces the temperature”
 “the water used for irrigation absorbs the heat and then evaporates,
leaving both the surface and ambient air cool”
 “This has a consequential effect on the air conditioning load and
overall energy consumption”
EXPECTED OUTCOME