TY - GEN
T1 - Passive components for reducing environmental impacts of buildings:analysis of an experimental green roof
AU - Peri, Giorgia
AU - Cirrincione, Laura
AU - La Gennusa, Maria
AU - Nucara, Antonino
AU - Marino, Concettina
AU - Marvuglia, Antonino
AU - Marvuglia, Antonino
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The reduction of the environmental impactsrelated to the building sector is a matter of outmost importanceconcerning the sustainable utilization of resources related tohuman activities. Such sector is in fact responsible for about40% of both release of pollutants in the atmosphere and energyconsumption. When trying to reduce buildings’ environmentalimpacts, as well as to limit their energy consumption, buildingenvelope passive systems can be used. Amongst these, greenroofs have been gaining global attention due to their benefits interms of resilience and sustainability, in order to mitigate theunfavourable urbanization effects. Research on the green roofhas been indeed increasingly raising in recent years. Althoughthe subject of green roofs has been dealt with extensively frommany different points of view, there are currently some limits onwhich improvements can be made. In particular, the aim of thepresent work is to consider a somewhat overlooked aspectregarding green roofs, which is the overall energyenvironmental impact of such building component. The presentwork reports the results of a case study conducted on a Sicilianbuilding sited in the Department of Engineering of theUniversity of Palermo, where the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)methodology has been applied.
AB - The reduction of the environmental impactsrelated to the building sector is a matter of outmost importanceconcerning the sustainable utilization of resources related tohuman activities. Such sector is in fact responsible for about40% of both release of pollutants in the atmosphere and energyconsumption. When trying to reduce buildings’ environmentalimpacts, as well as to limit their energy consumption, buildingenvelope passive systems can be used. Amongst these, greenroofs have been gaining global attention due to their benefits interms of resilience and sustainability, in order to mitigate theunfavourable urbanization effects. Research on the green roofhas been indeed increasingly raising in recent years. Althoughthe subject of green roofs has been dealt with extensively frommany different points of view, there are currently some limits onwhich improvements can be made. In particular, the aim of thepresent work is to consider a somewhat overlooked aspectregarding green roofs, which is the overall energyenvironmental impact of such building component. The presentwork reports the results of a case study conducted on a Sicilianbuilding sited in the Department of Engineering of theUniversity of Palermo, where the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)methodology has been applied.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/431567
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-7281-5200-4
T3 - IEEE MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE
SP - 494
EP - 499
BT - Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 20th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON),
ER -