A comprehensive framework for evaluating ecosystem quality changes and human activity contributions in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, China

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 107494 - 107494

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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Impact of vertical greening on urban microclimate and historic building materials: A meta-analysis

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 253, P. 111365 - 111365

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

An urban environment is subject to elevated temperatures and higher pollution levels compared less densely populated areas. Implementing green infrastructures, such as vertical greening, one method mitigate this effect. Vertical greening especially suitable for built heritage in city centres due the limited space required plant growth, while still providing substantial surface area. However, often excluded from mitigation strategies unknown potential risks of on degradation historic building materials. This paper provides a meta-analysis literature establish current understanding how introduction affects microclimates near surfaces associates those changes with common mechanisms materials including salt crystallization, freeze-thaw weathering, biodeterioration chemical weathering resulting pollutant dispersion. can reduce fluctuations temperature, air relative humidity amount solar irradiation particulate matter wall, which likely risk most induced by salts frost. Even though bio-activity has received attention literature, our analysis suggests that these factors also be influenced greening. The appears decrease bioactivity may increase.

Language: Английский

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Integrating Green Roofs and Green Walls to Enhance Buildings Thermal performance: A literature review

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 112524 - 112524

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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A review on the mechanisms behind thermal effect of building vertical greenery systems (VGS): methodology, performance and impact factors

Energy and Buildings, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 303, P. 113785 - 113785

Published: Nov. 22, 2023

Language: Английский

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Evaluating the economic sustainability of commercial complex greening based on cost-benefit analysis: A case study of Singapore’s Shaw center

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 161, P. 111890 - 111890

Published: March 28, 2024

Commercial complex greening is the alternative to leading development of public buildings, reducing negative impact buildings on environment, and achieving sustainable goals. However, economic sustainability commercial remains underinvestigated. This study investigated traditional building evaluation indicators quantitative methods according characteristics complexes in provide ideas it fill blanks CBA analysis applied economics systems buildings. Applying cost-benefit analysis, this evaluated vertical (VGS) green roof (GRS) installed a Singapore using Net Present Value (NPV), Payback Period (PBP), sensitivity quantify integrate personal social life cycle costs benefits. The methodology was based an extensive literature review multiple fields rational assumptions for unavailable data. key findings were: 1) feasible investment. 2) VGS has higher return value, whereas GRS can achieve faster payback. 3) Well-designed vitality-boosting bring more returns than tax incentives. 4) Property value improvement, maintenance cost, fire risk reduction were sensitive factors affecting NPV, among which property played decisive role, especially VGS. 5) Extensive construction policies reduce improve economy. 6) Personal benefits generated by are greater critical case project provides developers operators better understanding competitiveness implementation promote market application rationale governments revise existing or formulate new measures encourage industries. Although conclusion only focuses due sample size limitations, significant localized potential collecting replacing data corresponding regions research framework. Meanwhile, quantifying indicators, comparing economy different modes arranging international database about worth further exploration future.

Language: Английский

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A simplified modeling method for studying the thermal performance of buildings with vertical greening systems

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 467, P. 142940 - 142940

Published: June 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Thermal Comfort and Indoor Overheating Risks of Urban Building Stock - A Review of Modelling Methods and Future Climate Challenges

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 112363 - 112363

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Autumn and winter air phytofiltration – Are plants able to biofilter air during peak pollutant emissions?

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 124027 - 124027

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Analyzing the influence of seasonal and weather changes on thermal effects of a double-skin green façade—A long-term field measurement

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 112595 - 112595

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Influence of Vertical Greening Systems on Building Energy Consumption and Comprehensive Carbon Emission

Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 471 - 471

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Vertical greening systems, in addition to enhancing the aesthetic design of building facades, contribute energy saving and carbon reduction. This study proposes a simplified calculation method for annual comprehensive reduction potential vertical considering both indirect direct sequestration. The energy-saving systems was numerically simulated using EnergyPlus 9.2.0 typical three-story office four cities different climate zones: Xi’an, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kunming. that sequestration full year as result system these areas were calculated. results show Virginia creeper reduced consumption by 1.2%, 3.1%, 8.7%, 4.0% Kunming, respectively. impact most significant where air condition period longest. When leaf area index is 3, Guangzhou can reach 1105.45 kgCO2/a. In regions with higher summer conditioning consumption, exhibits better potential. Kunming growing season longer, shows total has highest overall provides benefits across all zones strongly support industry’s efforts achieve neutrality.

Language: Английский

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