Facade Greening: A Way to Attain Sustainable Built Environment

Muhammad Shamsuddeen Abdullahi; Halil Zafer Alibaba

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Facade Greening: A Way to Attain Sustainable Built Environment

Muhammad Shamsuddeen Abdullahi, Halil Zafer Alibaba

Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 31 December 2015 Accepted: 12 January 2016 Published: 27 January 2016

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Abstract

In urban areas today, natural vegetation are been replaced with concrete pavements, buildings and other structures, which bring with it several consequences such as; noticeable increase in the amount of energy used in heating and cooling buildings which led to urban heat island (UHI) effect, degrading of air quality, increasing the amount of hard surfaces in cities which led to rise in temperature and also increase the volume of storm water collected. The technology of integration of plants on building façade became a trend in the last decade. This paper outlined different types of green façade and their benefits to the built environment. The paper through review of related literature is aimed at discussing how façade greening positively affect the built environment through the moderation of air quality; mitigate urban heat stress through transpiration cooling and shading. The paper also shows that façade greening will help in attaining a healthier living and a pollution free work place in the urban areas and any other place. The research concluded that the use of greenery on building façade provides a way to attaining a sustainable built environment.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20160401.13
Page(s)	12-20
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Green Façade, Sustainability, Urban Heat Island, Air Quality

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Muhammad Shamsuddeen Abdullahi, Halil Zafer Alibaba. (2016). Facade Greening: A Way to Attain Sustainable Built Environment. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, 4(1), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijema.20160401.13

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Muhammad Shamsuddeen Abdullahi, Halil Zafer Alibaba. Facade Greening: A Way to Attain Sustainable Built Environment. Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2016;4(1):12-20. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20160401.13

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Muhammad Shamsuddeen Abdullahi

Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University (E.M.U.), Gizamagusa, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
Halil Zafer Alibaba

Department of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University (E.M.U.), Gizamagusa, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey

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