The impact internal and external indicators green wall On Environmental and Energy Savings Performance
Subject Areas : Urban Environmentmahyar kolyaei 1 , Mahdi Hamzenejad 2 , Sanaz litkouhi 3 , Payam Bahrami 4
1 - Payam Noor University of Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Authours)
2 - Faculty member of Iran Science and Technology University.
3 - Faculty member of Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - PhD, Vice President and Head of the Research and Development at Optim Design Inc, Member of America Institute of Architects.
Keywords: sustainabili, green wall, environmental, energy saving,
Abstract :
Background and Purpose: In the beginning, plants were used only for aesthetic purposes, but today they are used for ecological and economic purposes such as saving energy, improving urban climate, and so on. Since the community of vertical green coverings on the surface of buildings, through facades and green walls, allows to significantly improving the productivity of ecological and environmental benefits, achieving sustainability in the goals of this environmentally friendly technology is essential and in this research is a valuable approach. Method:Therefore, this study aims to investigate the benefits of using green wall technology to improve thermal performance in an applied research with a combined method and relying on the library method and citing research conducted in the field of green wall technology considering saving energy and the environment. Findings: The results of the study showed that the application of green wall technology in three areas of sustainability, including: social, economic and environmental. Discussion and conclusion: So that green wall technology will bring a wide range of benefits, the most important of which can reduce the temperature in the building from suffering between 1 - 10 degrees Celsius, and saving energy consumption up to 65% in the field of reducing energy consumption and also eliminating environmental pollutants and reducing the destruction of the ozone layer and reducing the effect of urban heat islands, reducing noise pollution and ... in the field of biology the environment pointed out.
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- Eleftheria Alexandri, Phil Jones.2008. Temperature decreases in an urban canyon due to green walls and green roofs in diverse climates, Building and Environment 43(480-493).
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- Chen WY, Jim CY. 2008. Assessment and valuation of the ecosystem services provided by urban forests. In: Carreiro MM, Song YC, Wu J, editors. Ecology, planning, and management of urban forests: International perspectives. New York: Springer; )53-83(.
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- Nowak DJ. 2006. Institutionalizing urban forestry as a “biotechnology” to improve environmental quality. Urban For Urban Green 2006; 5(2):93e100. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.04.002.
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- McPherson EG, Simpson JR .1989. Livingston M. Effects of three landscape treatments on residential energy and water use in Tucson, Arizona. Energy Build; 13:127e38.
- K. Perini, et al. 2013. Vertical greening systems, a process tree for green fac¸ Ades and living walls, Urban Ecosystems 16 (2) (265–277).
- Heisler GM. 1986. Effects of individual trees on the solar radiation climate of small buildings. Urban Ecol; 9(34):337e59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4009(86)90008-2.
- Huang YJ, Akbari H, Taha H, Rosenfeld AH. 1987. The potential of vegetation in reducing summer cooling loads in residential buildings. Clim Appl Meteorology; 26(9):1103e16.
- Simpson J, Mcpherson E. 1997. The effects of roof albedo modification on cooling loads of scale model residences in Tucson, Arizona. Energy Build; 25(2): 127e37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7788(96)01002-X.
- Konopacki S, Akbari H. 2002. Energy savings for heat island reduction strategies in Chicago and Houston (including updates for Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City).
- Nowak D, Crane D, Stevens J. 2006.Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States. Urban For Urban Green 2006;4(34):115-23. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.01.007.
- Taha H, Konopacki S, Gabersek S.1996. Modeling the meteorological and energy effects of urban heat islands and their mitigation: A 10 region study; Berkeley, CA.
- Thornes J, Bloss W, Bouzarovski S, Cai X, Chapman L, Clark J, et al. 2012. Communicating the value of atmospheric services. Meteorol Appl;17(2):243e50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.200.
- Bolund P, Hunhammar S. 1999. Ecosystem services in urban areas. Ecol Econ; 29(2):293e301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009 (99)00013-0.
- Akbari H. 2002. Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants. Environ Pollut; 116:119e26.
- González-Oreja JA, Bonache-Regidor C, De la Fuente-Díaz-Ordaz AA. 2010. Far from the noisy world? Modelling the relationships between park size, tree cover and noise levels in urban green spaces of the city of Puebla, Mexico. Interciencia; 35(7):486e92.
- Irvine K, Devine-Wright P, Payne S, Fuller R, Painter B, Gaston K. 2009. Green space, soundscape and urban sustainability: an interdisciplinary, empirical study. Local Environ ;14(2):155e72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/ 13549830802522061.