Green roofs have been used widely in tropical countries due to their energy-saving and
passive cooling effect. However, the model to calculate a thermal performance evaluation …

Developing economies are facing multifaceted problems like dramatic increase in motorized
traffic, urban heat island, urban sprawl, and climatic changes. Environmental Performance …

This paper aims to evaluate the possibility of using the roofs of habitations in Caruaru city in
the semiarid region of Pernambuco, Brazil, for two purposes: as green roofs to mitigate …

As a result of urbanization and industrialization, the world started facing some environmental
complications such as urban heat island which can raises air temperature to about 2-5% in a …

Running a building energy simulation program (EnergyPlus), simulations were conducted
on a 'public housing'building type, in order to evaluate the energy savings achieved by a …

Green roofs are gaining importance as †œsoft†engineering approach to urban
environmental management and have been found to be beneficial in stormwater …

This article shows experimentally the thermal performance of two test cells with different
coverage systems, Light Green Roof (LGR) and ceramic roof by analyzing internal surface …

Green roof application on real residential buildings in Tamilnadu, India is very limited and
mostly concentrated in major cities mainly for visual purposes. There is not enough research …

El avance de la ciencia y la tecnología en las últimas décadas ha diversificado
enormemente las soluciones constructivas que se pueden adoptar en un edificio. A su lado …