Identification of key plant traits contributing to the cooling effects ofgreen façades using freestanding walls

Building and Environment

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-103

  Koyama, Takuya ^a   Yoshinaga, Mika ^b   Hayashi, Hideki ^c   Maeda, Kei ichiro ^a,d   Yamauchi, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Leaf solar transmittance; Percentage coverage; Transpiration; Vertical greenery system; Vine plant

Indexed keywords

FIELD MEASUREMENT; PERCENTAGE COVERAGE; SOLAR TRANSMITTANCE; VERTICAL GREENERY SYSTEM; VINE PLANT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPIRATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; COOLING; FIELD METHOD; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PLANT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSPIRATION; VINE;

EID: 84878208999     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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