Alternatives to Sedum on green roofs: Can broad leaf perennial plants offer better 'cooling service'?

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-106

  Blanusa, Tijana ^a,b   Vaz Monteiro, M Madalena ^b   Fantozzi, Federica ^c   Vysini, Eleni ^b   Li, Yu ^b   Cameron, Ross W F ^d  

^a ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air cooling; Building insulation; Drought; Leaf temperature; Stachys byzantina

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING COOLING; BUILDING ROOF; COOLING POTENTIAL; GREEN ROOF; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEAF SURFACES; LEAF TEMPERATURE; PERENNIAL PLANTS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT TYPES; SHORT-INTERVAL; STACHYS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DROUGHT; DRYING; ROOFS; SOIL MOISTURE;

SUBSTRATES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; CANOPY; COOLING; DROUGHT; INSULATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; ROOF; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRANSPIRATION; VENTILATION;

BERGENIA CORDIFOLIA; CRASSULACEAE; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX SUBSP. HIBERNICA; SEDUM; STACHYS; STACHYS BYZANTINA;

EID: 84870443838     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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