Roof-envelope ratio impact on green roof energy performance

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-408

  Martens, Ryan ^a   Bass, Brad ^a   Alcazar, Susana Saiz ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Building envelope; ESP r; Green roof; Latent flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949104396     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0053-z     Document Type: Article

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