Enhancing the environmental performance of industrial settlements: An economic evaluation of extensive green roof competitiveness

Berto, Raul; Stival, Carlo Antonio; Rosato, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.10.032

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“…Therefore, the government should formulate a corresponding ecological compensation system. Financial incentives could be introduced, such as subsidies and tax reductions (Ulubeyli and Arslan, 2017;Berto et al, 2018). There are also other incentives, such as increasing the land plot ratio, among other ways to compensate investors.…”

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Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Savings Obtained by Using a Green Roof

Cai

Feng

et al. 2019

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Green roofs have good heat preservation and insulation performance, which plays an important role in reducing airconditioning load and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Experimental research and numerical simulation analysis on the energy-savings and ecological benefits of green roofs in hot summer and cold winter areas in Wuxi, China (31°N, 120°E) are carried out. The experimental results show that a new type of Buddha grass can absorb 1.79 kg of CO 2 and release 1.3 kg of O 2 per square meter per year. In addition, the annual carbon emission reduction of the green roof in Wuxi was 9.35 kg m-2 , and the emission reduction benefit of the green roof was calculated to be USD $1.02 m-2 a-1. The energy consumption simulation shows that the green roof per unit area can save 11.53 kWh per year, and the annual quantitative ecological benefit of a green roof is USD $3.37 m-2. The calculated dynamic investment return is 10 years. A green roof has the benefits of heat preservation and insulation; meanwhile, it can reduce energy consumption. It is also worth mentioning that its energysaving potential and ecological benefits are substantial, and the investment payback time is short, which makes it worth promoting in a large area.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Savings Obtained by Using a Green Roof

Cai

Feng

et al. 2019

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…The project under analysis involves the construction of five buildings. The design choices have led to the adoption of non-traditional technological solutions, such as the creation of green roofs, since these can offer benefits not only to the private individual, but also to the community [28,29] ( Figure 3). Buildings A, B, and C are for residential use and provide the following subdivision of houses in relation to the number of occupants, as shown in Table 2.…”

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Affordable Housing vs. Urban Land Rent in Widespread Settlement Areas

Berto

Cechet²,

Stival

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Social housing constitutes a partial response to the demand for affordable housing. In Europe, there are different forms of social housing, which are distinguishable based on whether they employ a universal or residual approach. The latter is employed by Italian initiatives for social residential construction, the financial instrument of which is the Investment Fund for Housing, a closed-end fund managed by CDP (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti) Investment, which provides public–private partnerships. The main obstacle to the supply of low-cost houses is the high cost of building areas or, in other words, the high urban land rent. The value of building areas is particularly high in urban areas and in widespread settlement areas, for instance, in Northeastern Italy. The main objective of this paper is to identify the trade-off between urban land rent and housing affordability in a social housing intervention in Pordenone (Northeastern Italy). Four different scenarios are developed, the variables of which are: Cost of the area (urban rent), cost of construction works (quality of the buildings), and household income distribution. The results show that achieving the economic and social objectives of a social housing investment simultaneously is not possible in any of the scenarios evaluated. To allow the social groups most in need to access affordable housing would require a reduction of approximately 30% of the estimated cost of a building area.

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“…After that, the stakeholders compared the cost to the overall benefit gained, including efficiency achievement (EA) and residual costs. At the end of the evaluation process, the BLC aspects would be collaborated with TH and EA to define the NPV, after which stakeholder evaluation could be generated (Berto et al, 2018). Some assumptions could be justified in the cost analysis of a building's life cycle, even though the empirical data could reduce the failure in the financial simulation.…”

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Conceptual Development of Cost Benefit Analysis based on Regional, Knowledge, and Economic Aspects of Green Building

Basten¹,

Crévits²,

Latief³

et al. 2019

IJTech

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Economic, social, and environmental sustainability comprise the general motivations in most green building developments. Deciding to spend additional costs on the optimum benefit results generally applies the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) method to evaluate green building implementation. However, previous studies have not investigated the general aspects affecting green building achievements in CBA. This article proposes the development of a CBA method for evaluating building aspects to define the goals of green building indicators. Disaggregating of the building development attributes and indicators through literature review showed that the CBA in green building implementation measured by several aspects such as regional, knowledgebased, and economic. The research method used a simple flow diagram to classify the building development attributes and indicators. This flow process aggregates attributes and indicators based on the CBA aspects in green building implementation. In-depth interviews with several building development experts are carried out to ensure this conceptual development implemented. This work confirmed that efficiency achievement, financial evaluation, and national economic evaluation measured the feasibility of investment in green building development. Incentive schemes were expected as the financial breakthrough to enhance green building investment feasibility.

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Enhancing the environmental performance of industrial settlements: An economic evaluation of extensive green roof competitiveness

Cited by 55 publications

References 40 publications

Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Savings Obtained by Using a Green Roof

Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission and Energy Savings Obtained by Using a Green Roof

Affordable Housing vs. Urban Land Rent in Widespread Settlement Areas

Conceptual Development of Cost Benefit Analysis based on Regional, Knowledge, and Economic Aspects of Green Building

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