Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

M Manso, I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of
urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green …

Green roof benefits, opportunities and challenges–A review

M Shafique, R Kim, M Rafiq - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Research on the green roof has been raised expeditiously over the past decade. Green roof
have been proposed as the sustainable practice to mitigate the adverse effects of …

Planning of urban green spaces: An ecological perspective on human benefits

T Semeraro, A Scarano, R Buccolieri, A Santino… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of urban land-use growth and the consequent impacts on the environment,
green spaces provide ecosystem services for human health. The ecosystem services …

Green roofs: A critical review on the role of components, benefits, limitations and trends

K Vijayaraghavan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A novel smart framework for optimal design of green roofs in buildings conforming with energy conservation and thermal comfort

SN Mousavi, M Gheibi, S Wacławek, K Behzadian - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The rise in greenhouse gas emissions in cities and the excessive consumption of fossil
energy resources has made the development of green spaces, such as green roofs, an …

Photovoltaic-green roofs: A review of benefits, limitations, and trends

M Shafique, X Luo, J Zuo - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Photovoltaic (PV)-green roofs, a new development integrating the PV system with a
green roof, provide additional benefits for renewable electricity production as compared to …

Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations

G Zhang, BJ He - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental challenges in cities urge people to explore feasible strategies for
resilient, sustainable, healthy and livable built environments, of which designing and …

[HTML][HTML] Green roof design: State of the art on technology and materials

S Cascone - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In order to consider green roofs as an environmentally friendly technology, the selection of
efficient and sustainable components is extremely important. Previous review papers have …

Renewable energy sources as a catalyst for energy transition: Technological innovations and an example of the energy transition in France

C Lamnatou, C Cristofari, D Chemisana - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The present article sets out to examine the connection between energy transition and factors
associated with renewable energy sources, buildings and other sectors, placing emphasis …

Carbon reduction benefits of photovoltaic-green roofs and their climate change mitigation potential: A case study of **amen city

T Chen, N Zhang, Z Ye, K Jiang, Z Lin, H Zhang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Photovoltaic-Green Roof (PV-GR) system, which integrates rooftop
photovoltaics and green roofing, has significant potential for sustainable urban development …