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Green roof impact on the quantity and quality of stormwater discharged from urban areas [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2023 Green roofs are increasingly popular in both new and modernised buildings. They significantly reduce the outflow of stormwater from buildings and change its composition.
Grażyna Sakson
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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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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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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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SAMRIDDHI : A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2022 As the green area continues to get replaced because of the increase in population and urbanization, the requirement to recover this area has become crucial for improving environmental quality. Installation of green roofs is one way that can curb the negative affect of growth and establishment while providing various environmental and economical ...
Thokchom Suresh +2 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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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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Green Roofs and Greenpass [PDF]
Buildings, 2019 The United Nations have identified climate change as the greatest threat to human life. As current research shows, urban areas are more vulnerable to climate change than rural areas. Numerous people are affected by climate change in their daily life, health and well-being.
Bernhard Scharf, Florian Kraus
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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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