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Evaluation of community-based heat adaptation interventions: a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Das JK   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Green roofs

2023
Green roofs offer a sustainable construction technology that can deliver multifunctional environmental, social and financial benefits. Central to this is an opportunity to add and restore nature back into the built environment through ‘renaturing’. Renaturing buildings with green roofs brings myriad benefits, including positive impacts on buildings ...
Caroline Nash   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Greening the Roofs

2021
This handbook on Greening the Roofs: A Guide for Solar Entrepreneurs deals with the subject of how an individual can enter the solar PV domain, which includes the major topics such as, carry out market research and prepare a cost estimate for a rooftop solar photovoltaic plant, prepare site feasibility report,  manage solar PV project for its entire ...
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How “green” are the green roofs? Lifecycle analysis of green roof materials

Building and Environment, 2012
Abstract Green roofs can be classified as intensive and extensive roofs based on their purpose and characteristics. Green roofs are built with different layers and variable thicknesses depending on the roof type and/or weather conditions. Basic layers, from bottom to top, of green roof systems usually consists of a root barrier, drainage, filter ...
Fabricio Bianchini, Kasun Hewage
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Green Infrastructure/Green Roofs (Project Eddie)

2023
Runoff in urban areas is an increasingly important issue when it comes to water quality. It is a major hydrologic issue in New York City, as urban infrastructure creates excess runoff and impervious surfaces decrease the infiltration rate of land surfaces.
openaire   +2 more sources

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