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Cost–benefit analysis for green façades and living wall systems
Katia Perini,Paolo Rosasco +1 more
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In this article, the authors presented a cost-benefit analysis of different vertical greening systems (green facades and living wall systems) considering personal and social benefits and costs over their life cycle.About:
This article is published in Building and Environment.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 269 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cost–benefit analysis & Life-cycle cost analysis.read more
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Cost-benefit analysis as a part of sustainability assessment of remediation alternatives for contaminated land
TL;DR: The focus of this paper is the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as a part of SCORE for assessing the economic sustainability of remediation alternatives, and the importance of also considering other alternatives before deciding upon how a remediation should be carried out.
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An optimization model for selecting the optimal green systems by considering the thermal comfort and energy consumption
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an optimization model for the optimal green systems by considering the thermal comfort in and energy consumption of an educational facility, and analyzed the optimal design scenarios considering their economic and environmental effects.
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Thermal behavior of a vertical green facade and its impact on the indoor and outdoor thermal environment
TL;DR: In this paper, Wang et al. measured the thermal effect of vertical green facades on indoor and outdoor thermal environments, and found that the VGF caused a decline in room air temperature and mean radiation temperature, resulting in a peak OT reduction of 3.6°C.
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Identifying and assessing the critical criteria affecting decision-making for green roof type selection
TL;DR: It was concluded that the application of green roof is the most effective group for DM, while the cost ofgreen roof is highly affected by other groups.
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Is greening the building envelope economically sustainable? An analysis to evaluate the advantages of economy of scope of vertical greening systems and green roofs
Katia Perini,Paolo Rosasco +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the economic sustainability of two combined greening systems installed on an office building: a vertical greening system and a green roof, and evaluate the advantages of economy of scope.
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