TY - JOUR
T1 - Hospital Green Roof Management
T2 - An Interdisciplinary Review
AU - Wong, Chung Keung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In 2016, the collapse of green roof at a university in Hong Kong has aroused the public concerns and given a warning signal to all buildings with similar system. It is suspected that vegetation placing on top may result in the overloading of the green roof. Similar structures are present in hospitals of different countries with hundreds and thousands of patients hospitalized in the same building. The structurally capability and legality of rooftop holding vegetation has been widely discussed in the public but little suggestions have been provided to the hospital green roof system in Hong Kong, especially relating to economic, environmental, health and safety management. Such knowledge gap in green building management had been addressed in this study. A comprehensive literature review had been performed which identified the common patterns of benefits for green roofs including the aspect of sustainable neighbourhood in reducing environmental impact, improving the wellbeing of people, and solving the problems of building energy and roof aging. Common drawback identified included the risk of structurally incapability. Findings of studies have filled the knowledge gap of hospital green building management especially on green roof system in Hong Kong, focusing on the aspects of economic, environmental, health and safety.
AB - In 2016, the collapse of green roof at a university in Hong Kong has aroused the public concerns and given a warning signal to all buildings with similar system. It is suspected that vegetation placing on top may result in the overloading of the green roof. Similar structures are present in hospitals of different countries with hundreds and thousands of patients hospitalized in the same building. The structurally capability and legality of rooftop holding vegetation has been widely discussed in the public but little suggestions have been provided to the hospital green roof system in Hong Kong, especially relating to economic, environmental, health and safety management. Such knowledge gap in green building management had been addressed in this study. A comprehensive literature review had been performed which identified the common patterns of benefits for green roofs including the aspect of sustainable neighbourhood in reducing environmental impact, improving the wellbeing of people, and solving the problems of building energy and roof aging. Common drawback identified included the risk of structurally incapability. Findings of studies have filled the knowledge gap of hospital green building management especially on green roof system in Hong Kong, focusing on the aspects of economic, environmental, health and safety.
KW - economic
KW - environmental health and safety
KW - green roof management
KW - hospital
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131432175&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131432175
SN - 2414-6722
VL - 8
SP - 12
EP - 18
JO - Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research
JF - Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research
ER -