This study presents a summary of green building research through a bibliometric approach.
A total of 2980 articles published in 2000–2016 were reviewed and analyzed. The results …

The temperature of cities continues to increase because of the heat island phenomenon and
the undeniable climatic change. The observed high ambient temperatures intensify the …

Previous research has shown that most of the green roof benefits are related to the cooling
effect. In the literature available, however, it is still not clear how and how much the …

Green roofs have been recognized as an effective sustainable design tool to mitigate urban
heat island (UHI) effects. Previous studies have identified green-roof benefits in cooling and …

Green roofs have the potential to offer numerous ecosystem services; however, they are
rarely designed to achieve them. Instead, design is restricted by perceived structural and …

Green roofs, or vegetated roofs, can reduce heat flux magnitude through a building
envelope as a result of insulation provided by the growing medium, shading from the plant …

It is generally accepted that green roofs can influence thermal properties of a building, but
there is some disagreement on the role that substrate depth and plant species plays in this …

This study investigated the weather effect on thermal performance of a retrofitted extensive
green roof on a railway station in humid-subtropical Hong Kong. Absolute and relative …

Nurturing vegetation on building envelopes provides an innovative and eco-friendly
alternative to urban greening especially in compact cities. Whereas the thermal and other …

In this study, the Princeton ROof Model (PROM) is developed, validated and used to
simulate the hygrothermal dynamics of green roof systems. PROM is embedded within the …