Experimental investigation on green roofs over buildings

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-42

  Pandey, Shrikant ^a   Hindoliya, D A ^b   Mod, Ritu ^a  

^a Mahakal Institute of Technology Ujjain   (India)

^b UJJAIN ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Cooling load reduction; Energy saving; India; Passive cooling; Roof cooling

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING STRUCTURE; COOLING POTENTIAL; ENERGY REDUCTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENGINEERING COLLEGES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GREEN ROOF; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; INDIA; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES; ROOF COOLING; STORMWATERS; TEST CELL; TEST STRUCTURE; WINTER HEATING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ROOFS;

EID: 84874103741     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: 17481325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctr044     Document Type: Article

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