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The impact of greening systems on building energy performance: A literature review
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In this article, the authors provide a literature review for all different greening systems with respect to their energy impact and the role of indoor planting on thermal comfort and indoor air quality.Abstract:
Scarcity of resources and environmental issues caused by human activities stimulate designers and policy makers to search for energy efficient strategies for sustainable development. A considerable amount of energy consumption and CO2 emission comes from the building sector which today accounts for 40% of the world’s energy use. Greenery systems are considered as a promising solution for making buildings more energy efficient. However, energy saving is one among multiple benefits that a greenery system can offer to a building. The most common places in a building that can be used to accommodate vegetation include roof greening, vertical greening, terrace planting and sky gardens (indoor and outdoor) especially in the design of high-rises. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to provide a literature review for all different greening systems with respect to their energy impact. The role of indoor planting on thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) will also be discussed. Furthermore, the suitability of different greenery systems for different climate types is summarized.read more
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Temperature decreases in an urban canyon due to green walls and green roofs in diverse climates
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Green roofs; building energy savings and the potential for retrofit
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the current literature and highlighted the situations in which the greatest building energy savings can be made and found that older buildings with poor existing insulation are deemed to benefit most from a green roof as current building regulations require such high levels of insulation that green roofs are seen to hardly affect annual building energy consumption.
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Analysis of the green roof thermal properties and investigation of its energy performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the analysis of the thermal properties and energy performance of the green roof was carried out in two phases: during the first phase, extended surface and air temperature measurements were taken at the indoor and outdoor environment of the buildings where the green roofs had installed and during the second phase of the study, the thermal and energy saving were examined, through a mathematical approach.