Snow depth and vegetation type affect green roof thermal performance in winter

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-307

  Lundholm, Jeremy T ^a   Weddle, Brett M ^a   Macivor, J Scott ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Insulation; Plant traits; Soil temperature; Solar radiation; Wind

Indexed keywords

INSULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

GREEN ROOF; PLANT TRAITS; SNOW DEPTHS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VEGETATION TYPE;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84907513001     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.07.093     Document Type: Article

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