What's 'cool' in the world of green façades? How plant choice influences the cooling properties of green walls

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-207

  Cameron, Ross W F ^a   Taylor, Jane E ^b   Emmett, Martin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climbers; Evapo transpiration; Green fa ade; Shade; Thermal performance; Wall shrubs

Indexed keywords

CLIMBERS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SHADE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WALL SHRUBS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPIRATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; CLIMBING PLANT; COOLING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SHADING; SHRUB; WALL;

EID: 84892659348     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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