Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs

Getter, Kristin L.; Rowe, D. Bradley; Robertson, G. Philip; Cregg, Bert M.; Andresen, Jeffrey A.

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“…In addition, there are many advantages for the environment, ranging from increasing the thermal insulation of the building envelope and reduction of urban heat island effects [127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135], acting as a buffer for storm water [135][136][137][138][139][140], improving air quality and increased carbon-dioxide uptake [141][142][143], increasing urban biodiversity [144][145][146][147], providing a visually pleasant environment [148], to even crop harvesting. Also from an economical point of view, building greening seems interesting [149][150][151][152].…”

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Using natural means to reduce surface transport noise during propagation outdoors

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a b s t r a c tThis paper reviews ways of reducing surface transport noise by natural means. The noise abatement solutions of interest can be easily (visually) incorporated in the landscape or help with greening the (sub)urban environment. They include vegetated surfaces (applied to faces or tops of noise walls and on buildings' façades and roofs), caged piles of stones (gabions), vegetation belts (tree belts, shrub zones and hedges), earth berms and various ways of exploiting ground-surface-related effects. The ideas presented in this overview have been tested in the laboratory and/or numerically evaluated in order to assess or enhance the noise abatement they could provide. Some in-situ experiments are discussed as well. When well designed, such natural devices have the potential to abate surface transport noise, possibly by complementing and sometimes improving common (non-natural) noise reducing devices or measures. Their applicability strongly depends on the available space reserved for the noise abatement and the receiver position.

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“…Green roof technology provides several environmental benefits, for example, cooling and insulation of buildings (Wong et al, 2003;Sailor, 2008), mitigation of the urban heat-island effect (Susca et al, 2011), stormwater management (Villarreal and Bengtsson, 2005;Getter et al, 2007;Rowe, 2011), carbon sequestration and reduction of air pollution (Yang et al, 2008;Getter et al, 2009), and habitat provision for other organisms (Kadas, 2006). These benefits result from the presence of living plants and growth medium on green roofs.…”

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Photosynthetic and Transpiration Rates of Three <I>Sedum</I> Species Used for Green Roofs

Kuronuma

Watanabe

2017

Environmental Control in Biology

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“…There are very few studies of green roofs estimating their CSS capabilities Getter et al (2009) conducted a study of an extensive green roof (6 cm thick soil layer) in the USA, finding the whole roof (above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass and substrate) sequestered 375 gCm Estimates by the manufacturer of the proposed green roof (Bauder pers. comm.)…”

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Momparler¹,

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. "Don't go through life, grow through life" Eric ButterworthA regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to dedicate this thesis to my husband, Iñaki, for his unconditional support, at home and abroad.I am grateful to my thesis directors, Dr. Joaquín Andreu and Dr. Ignacio Andrés, for their guidance throughout the process. My special thanks to the latter, for all the fun moments we have enjoyed in between the hard work.A special mention of professor Chris Jefferies, to whom I am thankful for the orientation he has provided all along my career, both at the academic and the professional levels. Thanks also to Dr. Sue Charlesworth, for all that I learned during my stay at Coventry University.A warm gratitude to Susan Dodson, for her friendship and the time she has dedicated to improving the English grammar of my publications.And a special thanks to my parents, Carmen and Antonio; to my "new" parents, Maria and Roberto; and to Amparo, for transmitting their energy and believing in me.Last, but not least, a special mention to my offspring Pablo and Ana, who are happily accompanying me in the last part of this project.A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ABSTRACTUnder the well-known slogan 'think global, act local', cities in the 21 st century face the enormous challenge of catalyzing, intensifying and accelerating sustainable urban transformations. Without losing a holistic view, the methodology presented in this thesis places the focus on 'resource management and climate mitigation and adaptation', in particular in urban stormwater management, proposing processes that can bring about the required change, shaped by the place-based approach of the regenerative sustainability paradigm.Building upon literature and practice that supports a flexible approach to stormwater management in urban environments that mimic natural processes and predevelopment hydrology (Sustainable Drainage Systems, SuDS) as one way to, amongst others, help to prevent and adapt to climate change, the thesis highlights the relevance of the connection to the place for adoption of best practices that conduct towards a regenerative system. Hence, it incorporates this connection to the place to the SuDS representation, naming it the SuDS 'landed rocket'.The proposed methodology includes a conceptual framework, specific method and tools, that allows for the understanding and the characterization of the current situation of a urban stormwater system in a process that guides future actions to move towards the desired regenerative urban built environment concept, with a place-based holistic view.This methodology has been applied to Benaguasil, a Mediterranean city, where stormwater ma...

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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs

Cited by 320 publications

References 29 publications

Using natural means to reduce surface transport noise during propagation outdoors

Using natural means to reduce surface transport noise during propagation outdoors

Photosynthetic and Transpiration Rates of Three <I>Sedum</I> Species Used for Green Roofs

A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

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