Un techo verde, azotea verde o cubierta ajardinada es el techo de un edificio que está parcial o totalmente cubierto de vegetación, ya sea en suelo o en un medio de cultivo apropiado, con una membrana impermeable. Puede incluir otras capas que sirven para drenaje e irrigación y como barrera para las raíces. No se refiere a techos de color verde, como los de tejas de dicho color ni tampoco a techos con jardines en macetas. Se refiere en cambio a tecnologías usadas en los techos para mejorar el hábitat o ahorrar consumo de energía, es decir tecnologías que cumplen una función ecológica. El término techo verde también se usa para indicar otras tecnologías "verdes", tales como paneles solares fotovoltaicos o módulos fotovoltaicos.Otros nombres para los techos verdes son techos vivientes y techos ecológicos.

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A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. Container gardens on roofs, where plants are maintained in pots, are not generally considered to be true green roofs, although this is debated. Rooftop ponds are another form of green roofs which are used to treat greywater. Green roofs serve several purposes for a building, such as absorbing rainwater, providing insulation, creating a habitat for wildlife, increasing benevolence and decreasing stress of the people around the roof by providing a more aesthetically pleasing landscape, and helping to lower urban air temperatures and mitigate the heat island effect. They effectively utilize the natural functions of plants to filter water and treat air in urban and suburban landscapes. There are two types of green roof: intensive roofs, which are thicker, with a minimum depth of 12.8 cm (5.0 in), and can support a wider variety of plants but are heavier and require more maintenance, and extensive roofs, which are shallow, ranging in depth from 2 cm (0.79 in) to 12.7 cm (5.0 in), lighter than intensive green roofs, and require minimal maintenance. The term green roof may also be used to indicate roofs that use some form of green technology, such as a cool roof, a roof with solar thermal collectors or photovoltaic panels. Green roofs are also referred to as eco-roofs, oikosteges, vegetated roofs, living roofs, greenroofs and VCPH (Horizontal Vegetated Complex Partitions)

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