The living walls as an approach for a healthy urban environment

Energy Procedia

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 592-599

  Sheweka, Samar ^a   Magdy, Nourhan ^a  

^a BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bio walls; Climatic change; Vertical vegetations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; NATURAL RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BIO WALLS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GREEN ARCHITECTURES; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 79960224638     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.05.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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