The Application of Rain Water and Solar Energy System on Green Roof One of The Building in Sakarya University

Year 2023, Volume: 27 Issue: 2, 297 - 312, 30.04.2023

Esra DEMİRHAN Yasemin DAMAR ARİFOĞLU

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.976398

Abstract

In our present day, consuming water and energy sources at a rapid rate, losing green areas, air pollution which is caused by gas emissions, global warming and actions that damage the balance in the ecosystem have made it necessary to take precautions. In this perspective, using water and energy sources sufficiently, finding new energy sources and using ecofriendly roofs are crucial for the world's future. Green roof systems, built for the purpose of preventing global warming, and stopping climate change, are the eco-friendly systems that reduce the heat in a city, prevent air pollution, and eliminate too much water accumulation in the city's infrastructure by holding rain water. In this study, decreasing the climate change by holding carbon emissions with green roof, finding the solutions for problems of water scarcity by saving water with the rain harvest system, saving the electricity by lightening the street lamps with stocking the energy coming from the solar system have been aimed. It has been tried to decrease the negative effects of climate change to the environment. The appropriate building has been determined for the inclination and height of roof where a green roof can be built by analyzing some buildings' roofs in Sakarya University in the study. In the scope of experimental study, an extensive green roof system has been designed on the roof of boiler room building. By gathering the rain water on green roof, green places have been watered regularly. The garden has been lightened by producing electricity with solar energy. The contributions have been added to sustainability owing to these sensitive systems for environment.

Keywords

green roof, water and energy resources, climate change, global warming

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