The Effect of Planted Roofs on the Energy Behaviour of Buildings

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Aravantinos, D.G.; Axarli, K.N.
planted roof, green roof, thermal load, heat flux, energy, passive cooling
Year:
2006
Bibliographic info:
27th AIVC and 4th Epic Conference "Technologies & sustainable policies for a radical decrease of the energy consumption in buildings", Lyon, France, 20-22 November 2006

Vegetation on the building envelope can have a marked effect on the microclimate and on the building’s energy behavior as well. In this paper, the impact of planted roofs on the thermal load of buildings is presented. Based on measurements and a series of

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