green roofs (Gardening)
An insight into the commercial viability of green roofs in Australia
... categorizing green roofs as an “environmental sustainability initiative”, rather than a “financial ...of green cities in ...of green roof technology within the local construction industry ...
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Vegetation composition of old extensive green roofs (from 1980s Germany)
... by green roofs is of particular interest to cities with aging stormwater infra- structure because of their function of retaining and detaining ...young green roofs or test facilities and, ...
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The energy conservation provided by green roofs on metal sheets in a tropical climate
... The climate has a big influence on the circumstances in which the green roofs are situated. The climate in San Pedro Sula (Honduras) can be described as tropical, which means a hot humid climate during most ...
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Thermal response to cold in buildings with green covers for tropical climate; green facades and green roofs
... buildings due to shading. Also, in the winter, this system provides protection from the cold and wind by forming a branched structure near the stem of the plant, avoiding losses of internal heat. The present work ...
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Valuation of Green Walls and Green Roofs as Soundscape Measures: Including Monetised Amenity Values Together with Noise-attenuation Values in a Cost-benefit Analysis of a Green Wall Affecting Courtyards
... for green roofs/walls has been ...of green roof/wall ...two green wall demonstration projects that have been assessed, the second estimate would yield benefit-cost ratios around ...
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An integrated method to valuate the function of green roofs in absorbing air pollutants; Case study: Tehran
... other green spaces offer, including improvement of storm water management (Carter and Jackson, 2007; Mentens et ...urban green spaces by installing green roof was welcomed, but its relatively high ...
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An investigation into the sustainable design of green roofs in relation to their hydrological performance
... the green roofs, it does not, however, explain the high retention and high peak flow reduction of the control ...the green roof plot is over 120 times greater than the area of the tipping bucket rain ...
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A simulation based framework for a mapping tool that assesses the energy performance of green roofs
... of green roof designs across a range of Chinese ...that green roofs can offer significant energy savings if they are applied on roofs without insulation but only limited energy savings where ...
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The influence of green roofs on the rainwater management system in an urban, tropical and undeveloped environment
... For green roofs with larger slopes the drainage capacity in theory is bigger, but due to direct runoff this is not used for delaying ...sloped green roof and has thereby worse runoff delaying ...
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Evapotranspiration from extensive green roofs: influence of climatological conditions, vegetation type, and substrate depth
... from green roofs have been completed around the world, including Europe ...or green house setting ...and green roof design ...No green roof study has investigated the impact of ...
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Social Perception of the Green Roofs in Contribution to Urban Sustainability: Istanbul
... study, green roof application increases the value of the property with the aesthetic and practical thermal conductivity and energy saving; Zorlu Center gained value with its urban park as a green ...the ...
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Role of Substrates Used for Green Roofs in Limiting Rainwater Runoff
... of green roofs is influenced by many factors, including the char- acteristics of rainfalls (rainfall depth, duration and intensity), the roof structure (type and depth of substrate, slope and age of ...
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Quantifying the Impact of Green-Roofs on Urban Heat Island Mitigation
... Abstract—Climate change is one of the main concerns of our times, and it became even more noticeable due to its impact on global temperature, precipitation patterns, and even arctic sea ice melting. Moreover, it has been ...
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The use of simple hydrological models to assess outflow of two green roofs systems
... climatic conditions (e.g., Brunetti et al. 2018). In general, either simple conceptual models or complex soil-hydrology models solving Richard’s equation are applicable for runoff prediction from green ...
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PERSPECTIVE 1 Solar Green Roofs: A Unified Outlook Twenty Years On Rosaria Ciriminna, [a] Francesco Meneguzzo,* [b] Mario Pecoraino, [c] and Mario Pagliaro* [a]
... Solar green roofs, namely rooftops functionalized with properly selected living vegetation and photovoltaic modules, achieve an ideal symbiotic relationship in which promotion of biodiversity and onsite ...
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The Establishment of Experimental Green Roofs
... Green Roofing is divided into three different types, depending on use, construction factors and the method used to carry out the work. These play a critical part in determining both the plant types which are ...
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Water attenuation performance of experimental green roofs at Ruislip Gardens London Underground Depot
... of green roof construction the Sustainability Research Institute were developing in-line rainfall runoff gauges for installation in the downpipes of green roofs to monitor coarse rainfall runoff ...
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Stormwater Management Performance of Green Roofs
... for green roofs generally attempt to estimate retention by representing different green roof processes and functions through mathematical ...predict green roof ...using Green and Ampt ...
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Extensive Green Roofs (Modulars, Continuous and Aerial) Supported on Premolded Concrete Bases
... of green roofs in that capital ...of green roofs in urban spaces ...Adopting Green Roofs) [15], as there is in Rio de Janeiro ...
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Vegetation survival in green roofs without irrigation
... of green roofs, especially water need of vegetation, is different for each season mainly due to different rainfall conditions and different evapotranspiration ...of green roofs ...
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