Terrace Garden - Alternative for Passive Cooling

Abstract

Rising development of concrete jungles has questioned the sustainability and ecological aspect of many cities and even countries. The paper bridges the gap on how a single green element – a terrace garden helps in dealing with this crisis and harness the concept of sustainability. Urban greenery and urban landscaping, is a growing trend and using these terraces as an aesthetic aid is one of the wide range benefits it has to offer, we have seen numerous buildings accepting this idea and, in some cases, using them as an external factor to add structural connection i.e. an eco-bridge. The research gap addresses the idea of making buildings around the urban greenery, to maintain balance of concrete to nature and addressing the essential need of this element as a passive cooling technique, which will help in increasing the thermal resistivity of the building via creating a naturally insulated structure, i.e. Terrace garden. Buildings which will be harnessing this architectural practice will not only create a sustainable micro-climate and a passive cooling effect but will also help in overall carbon reduction, less thermal loss and come in compliance with the efficiency regulatory regulations.