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Solar Roof Cooling by Evaporation

, 1981
It is generally recognized that as much as 60% of the air conditioning load in a building is generated by solar heat from the roof. This paper on SOLAR ROOF COOLING BY EVAPORATION is presented in slide form, tracing the history of 'nature's way of ...
Patterson, G. V.
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Thermal performance of coupled cool roof and cool façade: Experimental monitoring and analytical optimization procedure

, 2017
While UHI mitigation potential of cool roofs has been deeply investigated compared to cool façades, still not sufficient research effort has been dedicated to quantify the benefits of combined cool building products.
Pisello A. L., Piselli C., Cotana F., Castaldo V. L., Fabiani C.   +4 more
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Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source

Leaf heat tolerance in a native Californian shrub responds in expected and unexpected ways to differences in range, season, and sunlight exposure

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Earth's ecosystems are experiencing wide‐ranging impacts from global climate change, including increased average and extreme temperatures. These temperature shifts can drastically affect plant physiology, threatening the future of even common plant species. Here, we focus on photosynthetic function in a native Southern California shrub species.
Anna K. M. Bowen, Helen Holmlund, Anna L. Jacobsen, R. Brandon Pratt, Christine Scoffoni, Ishan Ashford, Olivia Plumb, Casey Wisely, Gretchen North   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evaluation of boundary‐layer turbulence in high‐resolution numerical weather prediction simulations using Doppler lidar

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
A new method compares both kilometer and sub‐kilometre weather model simulations with Doppler lidar observations to assess the representation of boundary‐layer turbulence. While bulk boundary‐layer properties are well represented, vertical velocity variance is strongly underestimated in both simulations.
Natalie J. Harvey, Helen F. Dacre, Kirsty E. Hanley, Humphrey W. Lean, Christopher J. Walden, Michael Baidu, Steven Boeing, Andrew N. Ross   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scenario-based modeling for exploring urban cooling pathways: a targeted, health-relevant approach toward just resilience

Environmental Research: Health
Mesoscale modeling applications assessing urban-heat-reducing strategies, such as cool roofs, usually assume uniform implementation. While informative at the city scale, this approach offers limited insight into practical deployment and usually does not ...
Christos Giannaros, Vassiliki Kotroni, Konstantinos Lagouvardos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building energy savings using high-albedo-high-emittance (cool) roof materials

, 2014
In the tropics, the earth surface receives abundant solar radiation annually contributing significantly to building heat gain and, thus, cooling demand.
Zingre, Kishor Tarachand
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Urban Heat and Spatial Statistics, Toward Sustainable Cities and Society: A PRISMA‐Based Systematic Review and Empirical Assessment (2020–2025)

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the intensification of global warming has brought increased attention to urban thermal dynamics, particularly regarding Land Surface Temperature (LST) and the Urban Surface Heat Island (SUHI) effect. This study conducts a systematic literature review alongside a bibliometric analysis of 123 peer‐reviewed articles ...
David Hidalgo‐García, Hamed Rezapouraghdam, Antonio Jesús Aguilar‐Aguilera, María Luísa de la Hoz‐Torres, Rubén López‐Cantero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mixed-method comparative analysis of sustainable roofing solutions for thermal and energy efficiency in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia

Results in Engineering
There is a growing need for practical solutions that are climate responsive, particularly in hot arid regions like Saudi Arabia. This study explores the potential of four sustainable roofing strategies, namely: green roof (GR), cool roof (CR), solar PV ...
Raheemat O. Yussuf, Omar S. Asfour, Ahmed Abd El Fattah, Muhammad Asif   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source