| dc.description.abstract | In light of the growing academic interest in using full cost
accounting in feasibility analyses to aid decision-makers, this report
sets out to critically examine the feasibility of installing the proposed
green roof on the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building and the
barriers that prevented its installation.
Our concurrent, mixed methods approach included literature
reviews, case studies, interviews and surveys. We then applied the
information gleaned to conduct a quantitative feasibility analysis
which consisted of environmental/health, social/aesthetic and
economic aspects that were weighted based on student survey results.
We found that the main barriers to the installation of the green roof
were economic. The green roof was not installed since the only
option considered – intensive accessible with planters – was the most
expensive one, and economic short-run concerns outweighed social
and environmental concerns due to overall budget cuts.
Yet, a holistic appraisal of the environmental, social and economic
feasibility indicates that it is more feasible in the long-run to install an
intensive accessible green roof without planters than to maintain a
conventional roof, and that the possibility of having a green roof on
campus gathered an overwhelmingly positive response from students.
We therefore conclude our project with site-specific
recommendations on how to increase the long-run feasibility of a
green roof on the Rowe building. | en_US |
