Green Roofs to Provide a Cooler Future for Victoria
Source: Victoria. Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Media Release
"Imagine the roofs of Melbourne’s skyscrapers covered with trees, plants and lawn. That’s the vision of the future being examined by a ‘green roofs’ research project partly funded by the Brumby Labor Government. Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings said the Government had contributed $120,000 over three years to the University of Melbourne’s Green Roof Research Program which will look at tackling climate change through planting vegetation on city roofs. Placing vegetation on the roofs of buildings is known to help cool the urban environment especially during summer heat waves. Green roofs also assist with building heating and cooling costs, improve the quality of stormwater flows which end up in our rivers, create an urban biodiversity habitat and help reduce noise."