Building-integrated rooftop greenhouses: An energy and environmental assessment in the mediterranean context

Applied Energy

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 338-351

  Nadal, Ana ^a   Llorach Massana, Pere ^a,b   Cuerva, Eva ^c   López Capel, Elisa ^d   Montero, Juan Ignacio ^e   Josa, Alejandro ^c   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,f   Royapoor, Mohammad ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IRTA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building performance simulation; Building rooftop greenhouse symbiosis; Energy plus; Energy food nexus; Measured energy data; Rooftop greenhouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; CARBON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSES; OILS AND FATS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS; ENERGY DATA; ENERGY PLUS; ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FREE-STANDING GREENHOUSE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODELS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ROOF; TYPOLOGY; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 85007180586     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.051     Document Type: Article

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