Pretreatment and composting technology of agricultural organic waste for sustainable agricultural development

P Xu, L Shu, Y Li, S Zhou, G Zhang, Y Wu, Z Yang - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With the continuous development of agriculture, Agricultural organic waste (AOW) has
become the most abundant renewable energy on earth, and it is a hot spot of research in …

Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward

NSG Williams, RS Bathgate, C Farrell, KE Lee… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Australian cities have been slow to implement green roofs. This is because there are many
potential barriers to their widely acceptance as a nature based solution that can make cities …

Experimental investigation of a multilayer detention roof for stormwater management

MA Alim, S Jahan, A Rahman, MA Rahman… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility of a multilayer detention roof, namely a
purple roof, in managing urban stormwater. A purple roof is conceptually and technically …

Biochar particle size and amendment rate are more important for water retention and weight of green roof substrates than differences in feedstock type

J Werdin, R Conn, TD Fletcher, JP Rayner… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Green roofs are an effective green infrastructure tool to reduce stormwater runoff in cities, but
their considerable weight is a constraint on widespread uptake. Consequently, lightweight …

The hydrological performance of a green roof in Sydney, Australia: a tale of two towers

R Fleck, MT Westerhausen, N Killingsworth, J Ball… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study describes the sister buildings Daramu house and International house in
Barangaroo, Sydney (Australia's largest metropolitan city), with and without a green roof …

Effects of different fermentation synergistic chemical treatments on the performance of wheat straw as a nursery substrate

J Li, C Xu, X Zhang, Z Gu, H Cao, Q Yuan - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wheat straw is rich in organic matter and nutrients and has the potential to replace peat as
the primary raw material in organic nurseries. Using straw as a peat substitute can also aid …

Towards the development of a comprehensive lifecycle risk assessment model for green roof implementation

S Tabatabaee, A Mahdiyar, SR Mohandes… - Sustainable cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A green roof (GR) provides numerous social, environmental, and personal benefits through
its lifespan, while exploiting these benefits is associated with several uncertainties. Since …

Fast plants have water‐use and drought strategies that balance rainfall retention and drought survival on green roofs

HH Chu, C Farrell - Ecological Applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Green roofs can improve ecosystem services in cities; however, this depends on appropriate
plant selection. For stormwater management, plants should have high water use to …

Influence of green roof plant density and redirecting rainfall via runoff zones on rainfall retention and plant drought stress

L Soni, C Szota, TD Fletcher, C Farrell - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs are a promising engineered ecosystem designed to reduce stormwater runoff
and restore vegetation cover in cities. Plants can contribute to rainfall retention by rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of green roof plant species on domestic wastewater treatment

L Liu, J Cao, M Ali, J Zhang, Z Wang - Environmental advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Green roof is one of the nature-based solutions to provide environmental and social benefits
for sustainable urban development. Green roofs irrigated with domestic wastewater solves …