Heat-sink effect and indoor warming imposed by tropical extensive green roof

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

C3 and CAM herbaceous plants; Cooling rate sequence; Green roof heat sink effect; Proximal thermal impact; Time lag heating and cooling sequence; Tropical green roof

Indexed keywords

CAMS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; OILSEEDS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAISE DRIVING; SOILS; SPACE HEATING; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICS;

COOLING RATES; GREEN ROOF; GREEN-ROOF HEAT-SINK EFFECT; HEATING AND COOLING; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; THERMAL IMPACTS;

ROOFS;

COOLING; GREENSPACE; GROUNDNUT; HEAT FLUX; HERB; INDOOR AIR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOF; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER; WARMING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84887509325     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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