Impact of climatic conditions on the thermal effectiveness of an extensive green roof

Building and Environment

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-33

  Lin, Bau Show ^a   Yu, Chin Chung ^a   Su, Ai Tsen ^a   Lin, Yann Jou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooling effect; Green roof; Insulating effect; Landscape planning and design; Tropical and subtropical island climate

Indexed keywords

COOLING EFFECTS; GREEN ROOF; INSULATING EFFECT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND DESIGNS; TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL ISLAND CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; SPACE HEATING; TROPICS; URBAN GROWTH;

ROOFS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND; INSULATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; ROOF; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878436217     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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