Assessment of the cooling potential of an indoor living wall using different substrates in a warm climate

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 642-650

  Fernández Cañero, Rafael ^a   Urrestarazu, Luis Pérez ^a   Franco Salas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green walls; humidity; indoor environment; substrate; temperature; vertical garden; vertical greenery systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOFILTRATION; CLIMATE; COCONUT; COOLING; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIBER; FLUID INTAKE; HUMIDITY; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; TEXTILE;

EID: 84867832211     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11420457     Document Type: Article

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