A systematic review of the impact of green walls on urban comfort: temperature reduction and noise attenuation

V Oquendo-Di Cosola, F Olivieri… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Achieving sustainable urban development requires a reorientation in the planning,
management, and design of cities based on the use of cross-cutting solutions that can …

Current state of indoor air phytoremediation using potted plants and green walls

S Bandehali, T Miri, H Onyeaka, P Kumar - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban civilization has a high impact on the environment and human health. The pollution
level of indoor air can be 2–5 times higher than the outdoor air pollution, and sometimes it …

Sugarcane bagasse waste fibers as novel thermal insulation and sound-absorbing materials for application in sustainable buildings

S Mehrzad, E Taban, P Soltani, SE Samaei… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming and noise pollution have emerged as the most serious environmental
problems ever to confront humanity. In recent years, the use of natural fibers as thermal …

The basic roles of indoor plants in human health and comfort

L Deng, Q Deng - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
Humans have a close relationship with nature, and so integrating the nature world into
indoor space could effectively increase people's engagement with nature, and this in turn …

Characterisation of nature-based solutions for the built environment

Y **ng, P Jones, I Donnison - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history.
However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and …

[HTML][HTML] The appearance of indoor plants and their effect on people's perceptions of indoor air quality and subjective well-being

J Berger, E Essah, T Blanusa, CP Beaman - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Built environments affect our health, behaviour and mental well-being [1, 2]. The adverse
impacts of indoor air pollution and poor thermal comfort on the health, well-being and …

A review on the taxonomy, factors associated with sound absorption and theoretical modeling of porous sound absorbing materials

K Kalauni, SJ Pawar - Journal of Porous Materials, 2019 - Springer
The sound is the pressure disturbance created over air particles above and below
atmospheric pressure. It is a mechanical wave which requires a medium to propagate. The …

Acoustic and thermal performance of polypropylene nonwoven fabrics for insulation in buildings

F Karimi, P Soltani, M Zarrebini… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal insulation and acoustic absorption materials play a significant role in the
characteristics of energy-saving and comfortable modern buildings. However, these two …

Innovative mineral fiber insulation panels for buildings: Thermal and acoustic characterization

E Moretti, E Belloni, F Agosti - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermal insulation of building envelope plays a key-role in energy saving: a growing interest
is focused on new materials, such as the recycled and sustainable ones. Innovative mineral …

Sound absorption coefficient assessment of sisal, coconut husk and sugar cane fibers for low frequencies based on three different methods

CCB da Silva, FJH Terashima, N Barbieri, KF de Lima - Applied Acoustics, 2019 - Elsevier
Sound absorbing materials for noise control are distinguished due to their high efficiency in
sound absorption. However, many of these materials are of synthetic origin and cannot be …