INTEGRATION OF GREEN ROOF IN EXISTING HOTEL BUILDINGS IN ADDIS ABABA CITY

Abstract

Green roof is one of the Nature-Based Solutions which are profoundly important in urban areas that are bountiful in impenetrable surfaces like building rooftops. Ethiopia has a long history of using green rooftops which is practiced on the vernacular architecture widely viewed as a characteristic in architecture some other parts too, but it is exceptionally lately introduced in Addis Ababa. As an urbanized city Addis Ababa, explicitly Bole Road is at present looking with natural debasement because of land surface temperature, loss of green land, absence of aesthetic pleasure, flooding on the roads, and more energy utilization. To address this the city administration is chipping away at the execution of green rooftops and urban green frameworks. Thus, this paper focus on observing an economical plan mix method of working with green rooftops that individuals can use to forestall the issues that our city is confronting. Assessment on the existing building roofing with green roof features is the main target of this research. It altogether helps the execution of green rooftop by giving materials which are effectively open. To carry out the procedures, the paper portrays a writing survey which examines about the green rooftop and green foundations that are situated all over the planet. The sustainable method of combination depends on utilization of material, sorts of green roof, and kinds of vegetation, Orientation of the structure and viewpoint proportion which is inspected by a recreation programming called Energy Plus with a demonstrating of a structure attracted Sketch Up programming. For the most part, the research demonstrated that the practical method of green rooftop coordination in hotel building, and the result of the paper is centered around plan to incorporation of green roof on SKI LIGHT hotel building in Addis Ababa.