Assessment of green roof performance for sustainable buildings under winter weather conditions

Journal of Central South University of Technology (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 639-644

  Zhao, Mingjie ^a   Srebric, J ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building envelop; Energy savings; Green roof; Sustainable buildings

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; COLD WINTER; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOWTHROUGH; GREEN ROOF; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; HEATING ENERGY; ROOF SYSTEMS; SNOW COVERS; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VEGETATION GROWTH; WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEAT FLUX; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SNOW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ROOFS;

EID: 84862735064     PISSN: 10059784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-012-1050-1     Document Type: Article

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