After all these days we are ready to publish our work. In general, we had no trouble with Wordpress and took a lot of effort to present our project attractively. We are happy to show you what Green Roofs have to offer.
This link will take you to our project:
https://dontwastemy.energy/2021/01/27/green-roofs/
Thanks and greetings
Kamanya & Karishma
We both think that green roofs are an important topic nowadays because there are many benefits.
When we look back on our project, we think we did a good job. At the beginning we didn't know much about this topic, but now we are definitely well informed. As mentioned before, we got instructive information through the interviews. However, in the beginning we had some difficulties to divide the work in time, but we could manage it well. Next time we think it would be better if we organize everything better at the beginning.
On the whole, we would not be here where we are at the moment without our cooperation. And the most important thing is that we enjoyed doing this project. :)
Karishma & Kamanya
At the beginning, we quickly decided which topic we would deal with. On the Internet we saw that greening on the roofs is a current topic.
Unfortunately, we did not find a collaboration partner, so we were not able to work with teams from other countries.
We came up with the idea to interview companies that deal with green roofs. We set up questions in German and sent them to four different companies. One of the companies is located in Germany. Fortunately, we received a prompt response from three different companies. First we had to translate the German version into English. With the knowledge of these companies we were able to put together a text that gave a lot of informative information about green roofs. Overall, we had to research almost nothing on the Internet, because these interviews were already very extensive.
Karishma & Kamanya
We have compiled some interview questions and sent them to four companies. From three, we received an answer.
Enclosed you will find the answers in German and English:
Schweizerische Fachvereinigung Gebäudebegrünung
Interview Schweizerische Fachvereinigung Gebäudebegrünung - German.pdf
Interview Schweizerische Fachvereinigung Gebäudebegrünung - English.pdf (58,34 kb)
Grüne Dächer GmbH
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Today we have the same goals as last week and try to get as far as possible:
- Collaboration?
- Continue research
- Write questions for a possible interview and find an interview partner
Kamanya & Karishma
Last week we asked a team from India if they were interested in collaboration, as our projects deal with similar topics. Today we will see if we have already received an answer from them and if not, we might try again.
We will also continue with research today and gather more information about our topic.
Also, we will try to find an interview partner.
Kamanya & Karishma
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The journey of discovery is underway!
With this project we would like to make the population, especially large companies, aware of the need to change the climate and that big cities make a large part of it. One way to change this is to have green roofs. Since there is not much room to plant trees in cities anyway, this can be done on large roofs.
We imagine that our project will motivate some to implement it. Furthermore, the project should fulfill our imagination to have a positive influence on the climatic conditions. With this procedure the quality of living should be increased and the rainwater can also be evaporated better.
We are aware of the fact that this implementation could be expensive and that the investment costs are higher than for a conventional roof. Furthermore, such roofs need to be maintained. But if you take a closer look, there are many more advantages. A green roof serves as a habitat for plants and animals!
To get more information about this topic, we might do an interview or create surveys.
Who knows, maybe in 20 years big cities all over the world will already change to green cities...
Karishma & Kamanya