Experimental and numerical analysis of the energy performance of a large scale intensive green roof system installed on an office building in Athens

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 256-264

  Karachaliou, P ^a   Santamouris, Mat ^a   Pangalou, Helli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Elandscape   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decrease of energy needs; Green roof; Urban heat island mitigation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CERAMIC PLANTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; ROOFS; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; ENERGY NEEDS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; GREEN ROOF; NON AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84961056383     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.04.055     Document Type: Article

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