Study on the Thermal Effects and Air Quality Improvement of Green Roof
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The GRM System
2.1. Hardware Design
2.2. Software Design
2.3. Pot Structure
3. Experiment Setup
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Survival Rate
Non-Shadowed | Shadowed | |||||||||
Plant | 3 cm | 3 cm + cover | 6 cm | 6 cm + cover | 9 cm | 3 cm | 3 cm + cover | 6 cm | 6 cm + cover | 9 cm |
Sedum sarmentosum Bunge | 61% | 65% | 68% | 83% | 95% | 79% | 82% | 89% | 100% | 100% |
Lolium perenne L. | 62% | 72% | 88% | 90% | 99% | 81% | 91% | 95% | 100% | 100% |
Capsicum annuum L. | 0 | 0 | 38% | 40% | 61% | 0 | 17% | 58% | 82% | 82% |
Portulaca grandiflora | 0 | 0 | 19% | 28% | 39% | 0 | 6% | 31% | 49% | 51% |
Non-irrigated | Irrigated | |||||||||
3 cm | 3 cm + cover | 6 cm | 6 cm + cover | 9 cm | 3 cm | 3 cm + cover | 6 cm | 6 cm + cover | 9 cm | |
Sedum sarmentosum Bunge | 61% | 65% | 68% | 83% | 95% | 86% | 98% | 99% | 100% | 100% |
Lolium perenne L. | 62% | 72% | 88% | 90% | 99% | 92% | 97% | 99% | 100% | 100% |
Capsicum annuum L. | 0 | 0 | 38% | 40% | 61% | 65% | 69% | 74% | 80% | 100% |
Portulaca grandiflora | 0 | 0 | 19% | 28% | 39% | 58% | 63% | 69% | 79% | 100% |
4.2. Thermal Effects
4.3. PM2.5 Reduction
5. Conclusions and Future Work
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Luo, H.; Wang, N.; Chen, J.; Ye, X.; Sun, Y.-F. Study on the Thermal Effects and Air Quality Improvement of Green Roof. Sustainability 2015, 7, 2804-2817. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7032804
Luo H, Wang N, Chen J, Ye X, Sun Y-F. Study on the Thermal Effects and Air Quality Improvement of Green Roof. Sustainability. 2015; 7(3):2804-2817. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7032804
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuo, Heng, Ning Wang, Jianping Chen, Xiaoyan Ye, and Yun-Fei Sun. 2015. "Study on the Thermal Effects and Air Quality Improvement of Green Roof" Sustainability 7, no. 3: 2804-2817. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7032804