Energy Conservation Analysis of Various Green Roof Systems

Author

Celik, Serdar ; Morgan, Susan ; Retzlaff, William A.

Author_Institution

Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville, IL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

15-16 April 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The present paper illustrates an experimental analysis on the comparative analysis of air-conditioning energy savings of different green roof applications based on experimental measurements. Tests were carried out on nine different green roof samples, involving three types of growth media (lava, arkalyte, pumice) matched with three sedum types (kamtchaticum, spurium, sexangulare). Temperature readings at the bases of each sample were recorded for 32 months continuously at every 15 minutes. The data was processed and the heat gain of a sample building with each green roof application was calculated theoretically. The energy consumption comparisons showed that the right selection of growth media and vegetation can yield significant energy savings for air-conditioning applications.

Keywords

air conditioning; energy conservation; energy consumption; roofs; structural engineering; air conditioning; building; energy conservation analysis; energy consumption; energy saving; green roof systems; Cities and towns; Cooling; Costs; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Green buildings; Insulation; Temperature; Thermal pollution; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Technologies Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Grapevine, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5274-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5275-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GREEN.2010.5453802

Filename

5453802