Environmental Impact of Green Roofing: The Contribute of a Green Roof to the Sustainable use of Natural Resources in a Life Cycle Approach

Gargari, Caterina; Bibbiani, Carlo; Fantozzi, Fabio; Campiotti, Carlo Alberto

doi:10.1016/j.aaspro.2016.02.087

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“…To evaluate the performance of green and PV-green roof mitigation effects on the potential building energy use increase caused by climate change, EnergyPlus software was used in this study to simulate hourly building energy consumption in Los Angeles County with the proper green roof and photovoltaic modules. This strategy has been widely used in previous research [13,19,27,29,30,34,42,[49][50][51] to estimate green roof cooling effects for reduction in indoor temperature and sensible heat fluxes, which can potentially lead to building energy reduction in the summer months. However, studies that evaluate the mitigation potential of green roofs on building energy increases caused by climate change are rare.…”

Section: Green Roof and Solar Photovoltaic Settingsmentioning

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Modeling the Effect of Green Roof Systems and Photovoltaic Panels for Building Energy Savings to Mitigate Climate Change

Zheng

Weng

2020

Remote Sensing

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Green roofs and rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are two popular mitigation strategies to reduce the net building energy demand and ease urban heat island (UHI) effect. This research tested the potential mitigation effects of green roofs and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on increased buildings energy demand caused by climate change in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The mitigation effects were assessed based on selected buildings that were predicted to be more vulnerable to climate change. EnergyPlus software was used to simulate hourly building energy consumption with the proper settings of PV-green roofs. All buildings with green roofs showed positive energy savings with regard to total energy and electricity. The savings caused by green roofs were positively correlated with three key parameters: Leaf Area Index (LAI), soil depth, and irrigation saturation percentage. Moreover, the majority of the electricity-saving benefits from green roofs were found in the Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling (HVAC) systems. In addition, this study found that green roofs have different energy-saving abilities on different types of buildings with different technologies, which has received little attention in previous studies.

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Section: Green Roof and Solar Photovoltaic Settingsmentioning

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Modeling the Effect of Green Roof Systems and Photovoltaic Panels for Building Energy Savings to Mitigate Climate Change

Zheng

Weng

2020

Remote Sensing

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“…The application of large green-roof provides promising results for rainwater management in urban residential areas [5,[15][16][17][18][19]. The environmental benefits, also added by Takanori Kuronuma et al (2018), stated that the green-roof installed in buildings broadly contributes to CO 2 reduction [20,21].…”

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Green-Roof: The Role of Community in the Substitution of Green-Space toward Sustainable Development

2020

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The research challenge in the problem of the sustainable development goals is to find solutions for development control through the application of green roofs in residential areas, which is the feasibility of the role of the community. This research was based on the discipline of architecture by considering the role of the community in managing architectural green-space substitution. The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of the role of the community for green roofs feasibility based on housing, conducted in some parts of Sumatra, Java, and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Data were collected using a survey questionnaire. Data were calculated based on percentages and analyzed using the chi-square method. The results indicated that the optimization of the community role was needed for the sustainability of the green-roof from all economic levels, both urban and rural. The aspect of public awareness and knowledge of the benefits of the green-roof is very high, but the object of the green-roof in Indonesia is still very limited because participation is still not optimal. Therefore, it is necessary to promote the green-roof application to the community by adapting local culture in sustainable green-roof technology innovation.

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“…Another important aspect is soil depth, in most of the cases the substrate is made of a mixture of different proportions of compost with: crushed bricks, expanded clay, and/or clay-loam soil; in addition the mixture may contain animal manure and green wastes such as plant pruning and debris to increase nutrients availability ( Ondoño et al., 2015 ). The soil depth is relevant for multiple reasons: the type of plants it can support, the amount of insulation it can provide to the building in terms of external heat, sound isolation, water filtration, among many other aspects ( Stovin et al., 2015 ; Gargari et al., 2016 ).…”

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Green roofs in the tropics: design considerations and vegetation dynamics

Penkova

Zimmerman

González

2020

Heliyon

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Green roofs (GR) have been proposed as a possible solution for urban stressors that, integrated with other remediation and mitigation actions, can lead the way to a more sustainable society. Even when some aspects of green roof design are well established and known (i.e. depth arrangements, materials, structural components, etc.) there is a need for further development on ecological attributes. This study is a descriptive analysis of suitable plant species for their possible incorporation in green roof designs with tropical climate conditions. Green roof research has been mostly led by temperate climate countries and has neglected to address tropical areas; this study aims to move research towards this knowledge gap. The evaluation of the vegetation dynamics in these novel ecosystems was done through a case study in the renovated facilities of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, which incorporated a set of green roofs in their infrastructure. We also sampled an older green roof built in the Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. A three-dimensional approach, the Point-Intercept Method, was taken in the vegetation surveys to capture as much as possible the green infrastructure of the roofs. Most of the originally planted species did not appear in these surveys. On the contrary, mainly new species dominated the areas. Along with the findings of these surveys and those in other tropical countries, a list of suitable species for green roofs in Puerto Rico is suggested, and some general recommendations are made for the better management of green roofs in tropical zones.

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Environmental Impact of Green Roofing: The Contribute of a Green Roof to the Sustainable use of Natural Resources in a Life Cycle Approach

Cited by 39 publications

References 9 publications

Modeling the Effect of Green Roof Systems and Photovoltaic Panels for Building Energy Savings to Mitigate Climate Change

Modeling the Effect of Green Roof Systems and Photovoltaic Panels for Building Energy Savings to Mitigate Climate Change

Green-Roof: The Role of Community in the Substitution of Green-Space toward Sustainable Development

Green roofs in the tropics: design considerations and vegetation dynamics

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