Comfort and energy savings with active green roofs

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 492-504

  La Roche, Pablo ^a   Berardi, Umberto ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling systems; Energy saving; Green roof; Smart control; Sustainable design, Passive cooling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL INSULATION; INSULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; GREEN ROOF; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE COOLING; SMART CONTROL;

ROOFS;

EID: 84906314850     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.07.055     Document Type: Article

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