An updated and expanded set of thermal property data for green roof growing media

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2298-2303

  Sailor, D J ^a   Hagos, M ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy; Ecoroofs; Green roofs; Soil compaction; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ECOROOFS; EXPANDED CLAY; GREEN ROOF; GREEN ROOFS; GROWING MEDIA; LABORATORY STUDIES; MOIST SOIL; MOISTURE LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; ROOF SURFACES; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL SAMPLE; TRANSPORT OF HEAT; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY;

COMPACTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYBRID MATERIALS; MOISTURE; ROOFS; SILICA; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79960721953     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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