Green roofs for the energy and environmental sustainability of buildings

Journal title RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Author/s Carlo Alberto Campiotti, Carlo Scibetta, Noemi Caltabellotta, Luciano Consorti, Antanas Joustas
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2019/2 Suppl.
Language English Pages 18 P. 27-44 File size 452 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2019-002-S1003
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation click here

Below, you can see the article first page

If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits

Article preview

FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.

Green roofs are considered structural components that act as an insulating layer for buildings. Among the factors that influence the choice of this type of horizontal green there are: the geographical location, the climate, and the need to improve the thermal insulation of the flat roof. Some types of layouts are proposed for the sustainable construction of green roofs. In addiction the structural and vegetation components suitable for the realization of green roofs are also described. The energy performance of an experimental green roof prototype located at the ENEA Casaccia Research Center shown that the horizontal green layer improves the thermal insulation of the flat roof by over 40%.

Keywords: Green roofs, environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, energy saving, thermal insulation, plant essences for green roofs.

  1. Berardi U., Ghaffarian Hoseini A.H. and Ghaffarian Hoseini A. (2014). State of the art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs. Applied Energy, 115: 411-428.
  2. Campiotti C.A., Bibbiani C., Alonzo G., Giagnacovo G., Ragona R. and Viola C. (2011). Green roofs and facades agriculture (GRF) for supporting building energy efficiency. Journal of Sustainable Energy, II(3).
  3. Campiotti C.A., Consorti L., Giagnacovo G., Nencini L. and Scoccianti M. (2018). Le coltri vegetali nel settore residenziale. Energia, ambiente e innovazione.
  4. Kaiser A.S., Zamora B., Mazón R., García J.R. and Vera F. (2014). Experimental study of cooling BIPV modules by forced convection in the air channel. Appl Energy, 135: 88-97.
  5. Katukiza A.Y., Ronteltap M., Niwagaba C.B., Kansiime F. and Lens P.N.L. (2014). A two step crushed lavarock filter unit for grey water treatment at household level in an urban slum. J Environ Manag, 133: 258-67.
  6. Kolokotsa D., Santamouris M. and Zerefos S.C. (2013). Green and cool roofs’ urban heat island mitigation potential in European climates for office buildings under free floating conditions. Sol Energy, 95: 118-30.
  7. Lamnatou C. and Chemisana D. (2015). A critical analysis of factors affecting photovoltaic green roof performance. Renew Sustain Energy Rev, 43: 264-80.
  8. Ouldboukhitine S., Spolek G. and Belarbi R. (2014). Impact of plants transpiration grey and clean water irrigation on the thermal resistance of green roofs. Ecol Eng, 67: 60-6.
  9. Santamouris, M. (2014). Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments. Solar Energy, 103: 682-703.
  10. Shafique M. and Reeho K. (2017) Application of green blue roof to mitigate heat island phenomena and resilient to climate change in urban areas: a case study from Seoul, Korea. J Water Land Dev, 33: 165-70.
  11. Vijayaraghavan K. and Joshi U.M. (2014). Can green roof act as a sink for contaminants? A methodological study to evaluate runoff quality from green roofs. Environ Pollut, 194: 121-9.

Carlo Alberto Campiotti, Carlo Scibetta, Noemi Caltabellotta, Luciano Consorti, Antanas Joustas, Green roofs for the energy and environmental sustainability of buildings in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 2 Suppl./2019, pp 27-44, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2019-002-S1003