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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 34-44Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctt019
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urban heat island; street canyon; green wall; urban microclimate; green roof
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This paper presents the design and the results of a reduced-scale experimental bench to study the effect of green roofs and green facades on local urban microclimate. An analysis of experimental data was carried out on three street canyons: one reference street, one street between two buildings with green roofs and one with a green wall to the west. The results show a hygrothermal effect of green envelopes on buildings on urban heat island mitigation. In the detailed analysis of these green coating techniques, we highlighted that green facades modify strongly the radiative balance of the street and improve the hygrothermal comfort in urban canyons through reducing the overheating in the street in hot summer days.
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