Green roofs in buildings: Thermal and environmental behaviour

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 271-288

  Theodosiou, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Green roof; Green technology; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING REGULATIONS; COMPUTER MODELS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GREEN ROOF; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; IN-BUILDINGS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN POLICY; URBAN VEGETATION;

BUILDING CODES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ROOFS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70449336842     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aber.2009.0311     Document Type: Article

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