[HTML][HTML] Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives

G Mihalakakou, M Souliotis, M Papadaki… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs are artificial ecosystems that provide a nature-based solution to environmental
challenges such as climate change and the urban heat island. Green roofs aid in the …

Sorption‐based Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Materials, Components, Systems, and Applications

A Entezari, OC Esan, X Yan, R Wang… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater scarcity is a global challenge posing threats to the lives and daily activities of
humankind such that two‐thirds of the global population currently experience water …

Atmospheric water harvesting: A review of techniques, performance, renewable energy solutions, and feasibility

B Tashtoush, A Alshoubaki - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a major global challenge, with 2.3 billion people living in water-stressed
countries and the potential for 700 million people to be displaced by 2030 due to …

Comparative environmental and economic evaluation of green roofs under Mediterranean climate conditions–Extensive green roofs a potentially preferable solution

E Koroxenidis, T Theodosiou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Green roofs constitute a prominent urban green infrastructure solution and are considered to
be able to enhance urban sustainability and resilience. Existing literature, however, lacks a …

Recent development of atmospheric water harvesting materials: a review

A Feng, N Akther, X Duan, S Peng… - ACS Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The lack of freshwater has been threatening many people who are living in Africa, the
Middle East, and Oceania, while the discovery of freshwater harvesting technology is …

Sustainable green roofs: a comprehensive review of influential factors

M Shahmohammad, M Hosseinzadeh, B Dvorak… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Green roofs have gained much attention as a modern roofing surface due to their potential to
deliver many environmental and social benefits. Studies have indicated that different GR …

Investigating the performance of energy management in office buildings by using a suitable green roof design to reduce the building's energy consumption

S Algarni, K Almutairi, T Alqahtani - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Today, the use of green roofs in architectural and city design has received special attention;
if the use of green covering on the roof and facade of the building has grown significantly in …

Ferromagnetic metal organic framework (MOF)/alginate hybrid beads for atmospheric water capture and induction heating-enabled water release

R Sharma, G Saab, M Schoukens… - Applied Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) using sorbents has been proposed as a promising
alternative to tackle the pressing issue of freshwater scarcity, particularly in densely …

Horizon scanning process to foresight emerging issues in Arabsphere's water vision

A Batisha - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Arabsphere struggles with highly complicated water challenges due to climate change,
desertification, coronavirus pandemic, and Russo-Ukrainian War. This paper explores how …

[HTML][HTML] Passive daytime radiative cooling: Moving beyond materials towards real-world applications

A Aili, T Jiang, J Chen, Y Wen, R Yang, X Yin, G Tan - Next Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive daytime radiative cooling has emerged as a promising sustainable technique for
meeting ever-growing demand for cooling across multiple sectors. Although a number of …