Recognizing greywater as a relevant secondary source of water and nutrients represents an
important chance for the sustainable management of water resource. In the last two …

Green roofs have been proposed as an efficient and practical tool to combat urbanisation in
many countries. This review paper focuses on various benefits associated with green roofs …

Previous research has shown that most of the green roof benefits are related to the cooling
effect. In the literature available, however, it is still not clear how and how much the …

Green roofs present a viable solution for increasing rainwater retention while improving the
energy performance of both new and existing buildings. Considering the widespread …

Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history.
However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and …

Sustainable water management is an important global action to alleviate the growing
pressure on our water resources and a way to balance both socio-economic and …

Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect relates to the occurrence of a positive heat balance,
compared to suburban and extra-urban areas in a high degree of urbanized cities. It is …

Green roofs have been recognized as an effective way to increase urban green space and
improve building micro-environment. This paper investigated the thermal and energy …

This study conducts a literature review coupled with case-study calculations comparing the
thermal contribution of semi-intensive and intensive (deeper) green roofs to non-insulated …

Green roofs alter the surface energy balance and can help in mitigating urban heat islands.
However, the cooling of green roofs due to evapotranspiration strongly depends on the …