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Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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Also looks great.
Buuuut it's expensive and needs constant maintenance. It's also a greater risk, there have been cases of trees being blown off of buildings like this, although if properly anchored with shitloads of netting this shouldn't be an issue.
I do wonder if it's more practical to just put solar panels there though
Trees are hard enough to take care of on the ground, we don't need the wind breaking branches off and sending them down to crush whatever's below. If we're stuck on incorporating greenery in our architecture, it's gonna need to stick to grassy type plants.
Isn't constant maintenance one of these 'jobs' things that everyone wants and are good for the economy?
A specialized highrise landscaper could be a nice paying job too.
We need the world to be a better place more than we need the economy to have maximum efficiency.
I agree.
You're both ignoring the full costs of maintenance.
And by costs, I mean more than dollars.
What's the energy cost of the folks who maintain these things? The materiel and it's energy cost? Tools/equipment that wouldn't otherwise be required?
It's surprisingly far more complex than just reduced AC expenditure. Are we sure that all the inputs over the life cycle have been accounted for?
It's rare for a new system (of any type, in any industry) to actually reduce costs (again, all costs, not just money), let alone to the degree they're purported. Typically we see incremental improvements, and usually a loss in some unpredicted way.
Good analysis is difficult, even for simple systems.
Hopefully these ideas pan out, my suspicion is they're effective for a narrow set of conditions.
Also, not a new idea at all.
They work great together. Bifacial PV panels let enough light through for growing, and make excellent vertical edge barriers.