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Green Roofs

Hygrothermal Behaviour

Sara Freitas

Supervisor: Nuno Ramos

Co-supervisor: Hartwig Künzel

2017

PhD 2016 | 2

2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

UN 2009

2050 70% world population

World urbanization prospects

UN 2009

quantitative benefits evaluation

(building, “comfort” and city)

best technical and economic solution

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Green roof hygrothermal modelling

Latent

heat

Sensible

heat

Long-wave

radiation

Heat and

moisture

fluxes

Short-wave

radiation

Short-wave

radiation

(reflections)

WUFI

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Experimental assessment of green roofs performance

Green

Roof

Traditional

Roof

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Water

content Temperature

Profile 1

Temperature

Profile 2

Heat fluxes

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Temperature

Profile 2 Temperature

Profile 1

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Measured Surface Temperatures

irrigation

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Green Roof Numerical Simulations

Measured vs simulated – near surface temperature

without rain events

with irrigation events

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2016 CONSTRUCT PhD Workshop

Numerical Simulations

Simulated Surface Temperatures irrigation vs no irrigation

10ºC

Conclusions

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