Effectiveness of an intensive green roof in a sub-tropical region

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 417-432

  Darkwa, J ^a   Kokogiannakis, G ^a   Suba, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

energy storage; Green roof; soil thermophysical properties; sub tropical

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GREEN ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SUB-TROPICAL; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY STORAGE; SOILS; SUN; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ROOFS;

EID: 84885139603     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624412462144     Document Type: Article

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