Emergy based evaluation of environmental performances of Living Wall and Grass Wall systems

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-211

  Pulselli, R M ^a   Pulselli, F M ^a   Mazzali, U ^b   Peron, F ^b   Bastianoni, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Energy performance; Fa ade passive system; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable development solutions; Vertical Greenery System

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894285195     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.034     Document Type: Article

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