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Green roof retrofitting of a lightweight security booth under subtropical conditions.
- Source :
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening; Jul2019, Vol. 43, p126361-126361, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The thermal performance of a vegetated roof system was tested for a lightweight, fiberglass security booth during a spring-summer period in subtropical Curitiba, Brazil. An experimental and a control booth, commercially available and widely used in Brazil, were compared for three roof configurations (only substrate; substrate and vegetation; substrate, vegetation and shading mesh) and for two window conditions (shaded and unshaded). Comfort and thermal stress analyses followed normative parameters of wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and effective temperature (ET). The non-insulated lightweight enclosure reduced advantageous effects from thermal stabilization of indoor air temperatures with the addition of the green roof. Benefits were otherwise observed in ceiling surface temperatures, which reached a peak reduction of 12 K at the experimental booth relative to the control booth. Infra-red images further confirmed spot measurements of surface temperatures in both booths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16188667
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137850509
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.06.004