Techos verdes: una estrategia sustentable

espanolLa urbanizacion ha traido consigo beneficios que han permitido el crecimiento economico y mejoras en la calidad de vida de las personas, pero tambien ha abonado a la parte ambiental. Los techos verdes son una tecnologia que contribuye al desarrollo sustentable. El presente trabajo da a conocer informacion relevante acerca del origen, caracteristicas y beneficios de los techos verdes, asi como una recopilacion de actividades academicas que diferentes organismos estan realizando en pro de esta tecnologia verde y, finalmente, los casos exito en Mexico. Se reportan una serie de beneficios ambientales como la disminucion de la contaminacion y temperatura del ambiente, beneficios sociales como la reduccion de enfermedades y porcentajes de mortandad en la poblacion y beneficios economicos como el ahorro por la disminucion del consumo de energia. EnglishThe urbanization of the areas has brought benefits that have allowed economic growth and improvements in the quality of life of people, but has also paid for the environmental part. Green roofs are a technology that contributes to sustainable development. For this reason, the present work discloses relevant information about the origin, characteristics and benefits of green roofs, as well as a compilation of academic activities of different organisms being carried out in favor of this green technology and, finally, successful cases in Mexico. A series of environmental benefits are reported, such as the reduction of pollution and temperature of the environment, social benefits such as the reduction of diseases and mortality percentages in the population and economic benefits such as savings due to the reduction of energy consumption