Numerical simulation to assess the impact of urban green infrastructure on building energy use: A review

S Zhu, F Causone, N Gao, Y Ye, X Jin, X Zhou… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to address the increased urban heat island (UHI) effects and energy demand
caused by global urbanization, it is imperative to seek sustainable urban design solutions. It …

Evaluation of the cooling potential of a vertical greenery system coupled to a building through an experimentally validated transient model

M Detommaso, V Costanzo, F Nocera, G Evola - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite several studies showed that Vertical Greenery Systems (VGSs) have relevant
thermal benefits at urban and building scales, researches devoted to investigate the benefits …

Modelling the cooling energy saving potential of facade greening in summer for a set of building typologies in mid-latitudes

KA Hoffmann, T Šuklje, J Kozamernik, T Nehls - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Densely populated city quarters lacking green increase the urban heat island effect and
thermal discomfort outdoors and indoors. Facade greenings (FG) cool buildings and their …

The Green structure for outdoor places in dry, hot regions and seasons—Providing HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT in sustainable Cities

K Bandurski, H Bandurska, E Kazimierczak-Grygiel… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hot and dry climate and air pollution is a growing problem in urban areas, and this can have
an adverse impact on life and health of urban residents. One of the ways to protect people …

The Biology of Canadian Weeds: 157. Hedera helix L. and Hedera hibernica (G. Kirchn.) Bean

M Strelau, DR Clements, J Benner… - Canadian journal of …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Two related species of Hedera spp. exist throughout Canada: English Ivy (Hedera helix L.)
and Irish Ivy [Hedera hibernica (G. Kirchn.) Bean]. These species are difficult to distinguish …

Analysis of the impact of growing green walls based on the reduction of PM2.5 particles in the resilient central urban fabric

M Borna, M Yeganeh - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The problems of today's world, particularly climate change and air pollution, require the
search for sustainable and green buildings in urban environments and the people who …

Vertical greening in urban built environments

K Gunawardena - 2022 - repository.cam.ac.uk
To meet the challenge of implementing green infrastructure enhancements to address
climate risks in densely built cities, attention has been directed in recent times towards …

[PDF][PDF] Indirect green façade as an overheating prevention measure

V Lesjak, L Pajek, M Košir - Gradevinar, 2020 - researchgate.net
Simulation and experimental investigation of the indirect green façade (IGF) impact on
thermal behaviour of buildings is presented in the paper. The study was conducted in Punat …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the Impact of Vertical Greenery Systems on the Thermal Performance of Walls in Mediterranean Climates

F Nocera, V Costanzo, M Detommaso, G Evola - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the impact of vertical greenery systems (VGSs) applied to several
typical wall configurations on indoor thermal conditions in a building module situated in the …

Impacts of partial greenery facade to indoor light illuminance and thermal

L Kristanto, W Widigdo, SH Nata… - IOP Conference Series …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reported a research of facade greenery impacts to indoor light and thermal using
two models. The first was without greenery as base case, and the other was with climbing ivy …