Australia encourages tree planting on the roofs

Reporters in Australia said Sydney and Melbourne (the capital of New South Wales and Victoria) are greening roofs at commercial centers to attract tourists and improve the environment for residents and workers. here.

Both Sydney and Melbourne are adopting new urban development policies and guidelines, which encourage people to plant trees on rooftops and turn office walls into green walls.

In downtown Sydney, 49 green houses have been censored to date. Roof plantings are also very diverse, ranging from small and simple boxes of foam plants to a garden of 2,600m ² on the roof of MCentral building on Harris Street, Pyrmont, city. Sydney street.

There is also a garden on Melbourne's roof at 242 Little Collins Street.

Besides, the green walls are now available in 14 locations in Sydney city. The title of the building has Australia's largest green wall belonging to Bligh No.1 building with a wall size of 9m and 40m long. This is also a 6 star rated building according to green standards.

Sydney City Council is currently conducting a number of studies on roofs and green walls to assess public opinion, costs, benefits and potential deployment locations before making support policies. official.

Despite some suggestions that this plan provides more opportunities for drug addicts to have better hiding places, owners of rental buildings as offices and households respond strongly to the idea of ​​planting trees. on the roof.

They consider this as a basis for more sustainable development. However, one of the main difficulties for homeowners is security and safety because most of the roof is the place where air-conditioning pipes and antennas are installed.