GKVK campus
The 1,300-acre GKVK campus on Ballari Road that houses the University of Agricultural Sciences includes 700 acres of plant ecology.
Of this, 400 acres has undisturbed greenery. As much as 300 acres is rich with agricultural and horticultural varieties.
“Irrigation increases humidity, and free wind flow allows temperature maintenance. Solar short wave radiation is sucked by the tree canopy,” says Raje Gowda M.B. Professor, Agro-Meteorology and Registrar, UAS.
“The temperature in the campus is 1 to 3 degrees lesser. The temperature in even surrounding areas is said to be one degree less than in the city,” he says.
IISc. campus
The 400-acre Indian Institute of Science campus has around 22,000 varieties of trees. “There are nearly 5,000 people walking into the campus daily. With a human to tree ratio of 1:4, the temperature in the campus is 2 degrees less compared to outside," said Prof. T.V. Ramachandra, scientist, IISc.
His ‘Temperature Profile Study’ of Bengaluru shows that, on average, temperatures drop by two degrees in and around green lungs.
IISc. additionally has a mini forest where 500 plants of 45 species from the Western Ghats have been meticulously grown from the late 1990s. Prof. Ramachandra added, “The temperature in the mini forest is another two degrees lower.”
Lalbagh With 22,500 trees and 3,000 plants of 2,200 species on 240 acres, the Lalbagh Botanical Garden absorbs heat waves to a large extent. The temperature is two degrees lesser than outside, according to its records.
