Thermal behaviour of a green vs. a conventional roof under Mediterranean climate conditions

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-241

  Theodosiou, Theodoros ^a   Aravantinos, Dimitris ^a   Tsikaloudaki, Katerina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

green roof; passive cooling; vegetation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GREEN ROOF; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PASSIVE COOLING; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

FLUIDS; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ROOFS;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; VEGETATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84892477865     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2013.772616     Document Type: Article

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