Economic comparison of white, green, and black flat roofs in the United States

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-27

  Sproul, Julian ^a   Wan, Man Pun ^b   Mandel, Benjamin H ^a   Rosenfeld, Arthur H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building codes; Energy efficiency; Green roofs; Life cycle cost analysis LCCA; Stormwater management; Urban heat island; White roofs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COMPARISONS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GREEN ROOF; INSTALLATION COSTS; LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

BUILDING CODES; COST ACCOUNTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

ROOFS;

EID: 84892945236     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.058     Document Type: Article

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