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Green Roof Potential in Arab Cities [PDF]
, 2014 Urban green roofs have long been promoted as an easy and effective strategy for beautifying the built environment and increasing investment opportunity.
Attia, Shady
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Assessment of green roof systems in terms of water and energy balance
İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2016 Green roofs concept term is used for extensive green roofs which are planted with herbaceous plants that can be adapted into changeable environmental conditions on a shallow substrate layer, require minimal maintenance, installed for their benefits to ...
Mert Ekşi, Adnan Uzun
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Environmentally Sustainable Green Roof Design for Energy Demand Reduction
Buildings, 2023 Green roofs are artificial ecosystems that provide a nature-based solution to environmental problems such as climate change and the urban heat island effect by absorbing solar radiation and helping to alleviate urban environmental, economic, and social ...
Zaloa Azkorra-Larrinaga +3 more
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Small Urban Green Roof Plots Near Larger Green Spaces May Not Provide Additional Habitat for Birds
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Global wildlife populations are in decline, in part, due to urbanization. However, in urban landscapes, green infrastructure such as green roofs are being created to provide habitat for wildlife. Green roof isolation, planting heterogeneity, and size can
Dustin R. Partridge +2 more
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Analysis of Rainwater and Runoff Water Quality on Vegetated and Unvegetated Green Roof [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesGreen roof is a green technology innovation in the form of a roof planted with vegetation on a substrate that is an effective solution to replace the role of green open space (GOS) lost due to construction and development.
Jati Advent Cahyo +5 more
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Blue-Green Systems, 2020 Rooftops cover a large percentage of land area in urban areas, which can potentially be used for stormwater purposes. Seeking adaptation strategies, there is an increasing interest in utilising green roofs for stormwater management.
Vladimír Hamouz +5 more
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Experimental Investigation of Green Roof Impact on Buildings Energy in Hot Climate
Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Science, 2020 Green roofs are a layer that effectively working on blocks of solar radiation from entering the building's structure below partially. Its work as a passive cooling technique, and have the potential to reduce the high surface temperature of conventional ...
Farah Abdul Kadhum Malika +1 more
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The effects of different materials of green roofing on the quantity and quality of stored and drainage water by using simulated rainfall setup [PDF]
Advances in Environmental Technology, 2021 One of the methods to control the rain on the spot and reuse it is the green roof. This method uses a multi-layer system of vegetation on the roof and balcony of a building to absorb part of the rainwater; the volume and peak runoff are also reduced by ...
Hasti Nazemi +2 more
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Increasing thermal protection with use of green roof
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The use of green roof is a great choice in case of climate change mitigation and reduction of urban heat islands. Positive aspects of green roofs during winter or the whole year round balance are often overlooked.
Peter Juras
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Model research on the influence of green roofs on environmental parameters in urban agglomerations
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 This study presents features of green roofs in urban areas with a particular emphasis on the filtration of air pollutants, heavy metals removal, reduction of rainwater runoff from roof surfaces and thermal insulation.
Suszanowicz Dariusz
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