Socioeconomic feasibility of green roofs and walls in public buildings: The case study of primary schools in Portugal

Almeida, Catarina; Teotónio, Inês; Silva, Cristina Matos; Cruz, Carlos Oliveira

doi:10.1080/0013791x.2020.1748255

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“…Research in the past suggested that VGS might act as a wind barrier, increase ventilation, control humidity, and provide shade from direct sunlight that entered into the classroom. For optimal thermal comfort in a room, other factors such as building orientation and the type of VGS installed, as well as ventilation, openings, roof materials, cross ventilations, and other types of building materials, should be considered [3,4]. According to the Department of Standards Malaysia, the total effects of VGS application can reduce temperature to human comfort level (DOSM).…”

Section: Reaching the Interior Thermal Comfort In The Classroommentioning

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Narrative Review Approach on the Readiness of the Vertical Greenery Adaptation to the Public-School Building in Malaysia

Isa

Mustapha

Adnan

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Global climate concerns include deforestation and environmental change. The implementation of the concept of reintroducing nature to the urban school landscape may promote sustainable development and enhance the city’s environment quality. The Vertical Greenery System (VGS) is an important aspect in public school building because it offers sustainable urban schooling the benefits. However, low awareness school amongst government and public, as well as concerning on additional cost of construction and maintenance have become a barrier in adopting the VGS in public-school. Due to lack of studies and analysis on VGS implementation in schools, this paper aims to examine the VGS adaptation strategies towards the readiness of VGS implementation in public school buildings as well as the implications for students’ social well-being. This paper focuses on using a narrative review method and deductive thematic analysis to perceive the readiness of VGS adaptation amongst government and public in public school building. The projected outcome will explore the cost-benefits of VGS installation, with considerations of environment, and social well-being towards public-school. Hence, this paper also suggested that VGS can significantly improve the student learning performance, social interaction amongst student’s experience and overall built environment of public-school.

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Section: Reaching the Interior Thermal Comfort In The Classroommentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Methodology established of social well-being analysis for the installation of VGS in public schools. [4][5][6][7][8]21].…”

Section: Enhance Students Health and Well-beingmentioning

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Narrative Review Approach on the Readiness of the Vertical Greenery Adaptation to the Public-School Building in Malaysia

Isa

Mustapha

Adnan

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…No. % Economic benefits of green walls (Teotonio, et al, 2021;Rosasco, 2018;Manso, et al, 2021;Santi, et al, 2019;Shazmin, et al, 2017;Zazzini and Grifa, 2018;Rosasco and Perini, 2018;Almeida, et al, 2020;Perini and Rosasco, 2013;Haggag and Hassan, 2015) 10 67%…”

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“…Economic performance comparison among different green wall types (Huang, et al, 2019;Almeida, et al, 2020;Silva, et al, 2018;Perini and Rosasco, 2013;Dong and Huang, 2021) 5 33%…”

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“…In terms of environmental benefits, absorption of air pollutants, and improved air quality (Teotonio, et al, 2021), urban noise absorption, mitigating urban heat island effect (Manso, et al, 2021), provide habitats for small insects and birds, and urban wildlife protection (Silva, et al, 2018) are prominent. From the perspective of economic benefits, green walls enhance buildings' performance by increasing property value (Dong and Huang, 2021) and building durability (Almeida, et al, 2020). Furthermore, reduce the energy consumption for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning by maintaining the heat transfer between internal and external environments through plants (Zazzini and Grifa, 2018).…”

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Economic performance of green walls: A systematic review

Madushika¹,

Ramachandra²,

Geekiyanage³

2022

Proceedings of 10th World Construction Symposium 2022

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Green walls are becoming an interesting solution to address the potential issues due to loss of greenery in the urban built environment. Even though green walls offer numerous benefits, the application pace of this concept seems slow in many parts of the world including Sri Lanka, which could be primarily due to the perception that the construction of green walls may involve additional costs compared to conventional walls and due to lack of awareness of its performance. This has driven the recent researchers to investigate the economic performance of green walls. However, those studies are limited to given local contexts, thus, the knowledge is scattered. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the economic performance of green walls in the global context collectively using a systematic review towards understanding the differences. Filtering the search for the period of 2010 to 2022 offered 15 out of 103 research articles suitable for the analysis. The cost data extracted shows high variability related to different characteristics of green walls, building envelopes, and climatic conditions. According to the review, the maintenance stage accounts for the highest portion of the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) in any type of green wall. The direct green façade is the cheapest option with lowest LCC compared to the indirect and living wall types while the living wall is the expensive type due to presence of more components. The review further confirms that in most instances, the economic benefits of green walls; increase property value, façade longevity, tax incentives, and energy-saving tend to offset the cost of green walls. It is expected that this collective review outcome would better guide the decision-making process of green wall implementation in a given context.

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Passive cooling strategies to optimise sustainability and environmental ergonomics in Mediterranean schools based on a critical review

Díaz-López

Serrano-Jiménez

Verichev

et al. 2022

Building and Environment

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Socioeconomic feasibility of green roofs and walls in public buildings: The case study of primary schools in Portugal

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Narrative Review Approach on the Readiness of the Vertical Greenery Adaptation to the Public-School Building in Malaysia

Narrative Review Approach on the Readiness of the Vertical Greenery Adaptation to the Public-School Building in Malaysia

Economic performance of green walls: A systematic review

Passive cooling strategies to optimise sustainability and environmental ergonomics in Mediterranean schools based on a critical review

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