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Systems of Vegetal Façade and Green Roofs used as a Sustainable Option in Architecture

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Green architecture contributes not only in reducing the building’s thermal loads but also in reducing the effects of the urban heat island in densely built-up areas in a hardly natural environment. The current green systems are built in situ/on site and are very expensive, hence the need to create industrialized prevegetated systems which improve the buildings’ energy savings and reduce the times of construction works. The present paper describes three green systems for façades (gabion façade, green sliding panel, green panel in plastic cell) and two prevegetated green tank roof systems (green roof in light concrete and pvc).

Source: Design Principles and Practices An International Journal—Annual Review

DOI: 10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v04i02/37848

Authors: M. Chanampa, P. Vidal Rivas, J. Alonso Ojembarrena, F. Olivieri

Institution: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2504126784

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Cites: 4

Cited by: 3

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