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 …

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 …

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 …

Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?

C Farrell, SJ Livesley, SK Arndt, L Beaumont… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in
summer, create large volumes of runoff and provide limited biodiversity habitat and poor air …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Green roofs and facades with integrated photovoltaic system for zero energy eco-friendly building–A review

WT Wang, H Yang, CY **ang - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The greening of urban environments plays a crucial role in mitigating the adverse effects of
urbanization, such as air pollution and the urban heat island effect, and can provide …

Engineering blue-green infrastructure for and with biodiversity in cities

K Perrelet, M Moretti, A Dietzel, F Altermatt… - npj Urban …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Blue-green infrastructure (BGI), combining semi-natural and engineered elements,
offers multifaceted benefits like stormwater management, water purification, heat mitigation …

Improving the detrimental aspects of salinity in salinized soils of arid and semi-arid areas for effects of vermicompost leachate on salt stress in seedlings

N Cicek, M Erdogan, C Yucedag, M Cetin - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
The present study was performed to determine the effects of vermicompost leachate on
growth, quality, and nutrients of Sedum album seedlings under salt stress. The study was …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive study of green roof performance from environmental perspective

WC Li, KKA Yeung - International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Green roofs have been established for over 100 years and they have been become one of
the key elements in urban area in the past few decades. Many scientific researches focus on …

Amount of water runoff from different vegetation types on extensive green roofs: Effects of plant species, diversity and plant structure

A Nagase, N Dunnett - Landscape and urban planning, 2012 - Elsevier
Increased stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces is a major concern in urban areas and
green roofs are increasingly used as an innovative means of stormwater management …