Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region
Green roof installation in contemporary urban centres is increasing due to their numerous benefits, including microclimate improvement. However, the magnitudes of influence of the green roof design to energy savings is not fully clear, as well as the environmental benefit, in terms of reducing green...
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| author | George Kotsiris Andreas Androutsopoulos Elpida Polychroni Manolis Souliotis Aggeliki Kavga |
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| description | Green roof installation in contemporary urban centres is increasing due to their numerous benefits, including microclimate improvement. However, the magnitudes of influence of the green roof design to energy savings is not fully clear, as well as the environmental benefit, in terms of reducing greenhouse gases emissions. The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of green roofs design on energy savings and their carbon footprint when installed on school buildings. The cooling and thermal insulation features of green roofs have been studied by using the TRNSYS simulation software. Different types of green roof systems (extensive and semi-intensive) and construction options are studied in four types of school buildings. Results showed that the estimated reduction in annual CO2 emissions due to energy savings and CO2 capture by plants was many times greater than the CO2 emissions that caused from roof construction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a206ed5d82b4910a14a90e9ff2d3f5c2023-09-20T10:33:46ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy1478-64511478-646X2019-10-0138986688310.1080/14786451.2019.16059921605992Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic regionGeorge Kotsiris0Andreas Androutsopoulos1Elpida Polychroni2Manolis Souliotis3Aggeliki Kavga4Laboratory of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture, Technological Educational Institute of Western GreeceCentre for Renewable Energy Sources & Saving (CRES)Centre for Renewable Energy Sources & Saving (CRES)University of Western MacedoniaLaboratory of Greenhouse Technology & Biometeorology, Technological Educational Institute of Western GreeceGreen roof installation in contemporary urban centres is increasing due to their numerous benefits, including microclimate improvement. However, the magnitudes of influence of the green roof design to energy savings is not fully clear, as well as the environmental benefit, in terms of reducing greenhouse gases emissions. The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of green roofs design on energy savings and their carbon footprint when installed on school buildings. The cooling and thermal insulation features of green roofs have been studied by using the TRNSYS simulation software. Different types of green roof systems (extensive and semi-intensive) and construction options are studied in four types of school buildings. Results showed that the estimated reduction in annual CO2 emissions due to energy savings and CO2 capture by plants was many times greater than the CO2 emissions that caused from roof construction.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2019.1605992green roof designsolar transmittance coefficientenergy savingsco2 emissions net gains |
| spellingShingle | George Kotsiris Andreas Androutsopoulos Elpida Polychroni Manolis Souliotis Aggeliki Kavga Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region International Journal of Sustainable Energy green roof design solar transmittance coefficient energy savings co2 emissions net gains |
| title | Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region |
| title_full | Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region |
| title_fullStr | Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region |
| title_short | Carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in Greek Mediterranean climatic region |
| title_sort | carbon footprint of green roof installation on school buildings in greek mediterranean climatic region |
| topic | green roof design solar transmittance coefficient energy savings co2 emissions net gains |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2019.1605992 |
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