The goal of our project was to gauge how much the students, faculty, and staff at WPI know about green roofs and investigate options for establishing a new green roof. First, we researched green roofs to understand their history and their functions. We interviewed a variety of specialists with knowledge regarding green roofs and their benefits in order to understand their views and how some of their views differed. We also created a survey which asked a handful of basic questions to members of the WPI community in order to get a sense of what people know about green roofs. Lastly, we investigated the status of WPI’s only green roof on the East Hall building. From our research, we concluded that the majority of WPI’s community members would appreciate an additional green roof on campus.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Tiwari, Atharva
• Kracz, Bennet
• Arabian, Jack
• Chen, Sarah

Subject

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 110181
• E-project-051623-125845

Keyword

• Green Roof
• Survey
• Urban Infrastructure
• Interview

Advisor

• Mathisen, Paul P.

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2023-05-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-051623-125845

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-05