Green facades as a new sustainable approach towards climate change

Energy Procedia

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 507-520

  Sheweka, Samar Mohamed ^a   Mohamed, Nourhan Magdy ^a  

^a The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy saving; Fa ade greening; Living walls systems; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888767498     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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