Journal of environmental managementCarbonCarbon SequestrationSoilClimate ChangeUnited States
How effective are green roofs as building carbon sinks? Empirical evidence linking substrate, depth, and vegetation dynamics in the U.S. Great Plains.
M M Lekhon Alam, Lee R Skabelund, Charles W Rice, James S Lin, Jaeyoung Ha
Published: 202510.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128117
Abstract
Understanding how green roofs store carbon as building envelope systems is critical for combating climate change across diverse bioclimatic regions of the U.S. Great Plains. During a two-year study (2019-2020), we examined the carbon storage capacity…
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