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AcknowledgementsI would like to thank everybody who contributed their time and effort in completing thisproject: Professor John Counsell, Pat McGinness and Jim Docherty at the University ofStrathclyde for technical support and guidance.I would also like to thank Vinny Fryars at Bauder and Gordon Watson at TQR Ltd. forhelping to provide the sedum blanket. Thanks also to my brother in law Colin Law forbuilding the green roof rest rig.Niall Carroll Page 4The Thermal and Rainwater Runoff Performance of an Extensive Green Roof System
Table of Contents1 Introduction………………………………………..……….Page 131.1 Green Roof Definition………………………………Page 131.2 Background………………………………………….Page 131.3 History of Green Roofs……………………………...Page 142 Types of Green Roof……………………………………….Page 152.1 Intensive……………………………………………..Page 152.2 Semi-intensive……………………………………….Page 162.3 Extensive……………………………………….……Page 172.3.1 Sedum Mats………………………………………Page 182.3.2 Substrate Based Roofs………………………...…Page 182.3.3 Green/Brown Roofs for Biodiversity……………Page 193 Construction of Green Roofs………………………………Page 213.1 Warm Green Roof Construction……………………Page 223.2 Inverted Warm Green Roof Construction…………..Page 233.3 Cold Green Roof Construction……………………..Page 243.4 Structural Support of Green Roofs…………………Page 243.5 Green Roof Components…………………………...Page 253.5.1 Root Barrier……………………………………..Page 253.5.2 Drainage Layer………………………………….Page 25Niall Carroll Page 5The Thermal and Rainwater Runoff Performance of an Extensive Green Roof System
Page 1 and 2: Department of Mechanical Engineerin
Page 3: AbstractThis project addresses the
Page 7 and 8: 6.2.1 Rainfall Runoff Relationship
Page 9 and 10: List of FiguresFigure 1: Traditiona
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Page 13 and 14: 1 Introduction1.1 Green Roof Defini
Page 15 and 16: incorporate green roofs into their
Page 17 and 18: 2.3 ExtensiveFigure 5: Extensive Gr
Page 19 and 20: 2.33 Green/Brown Roofs for Biodiver
Page 21 and 22: 3 Construction of Green RoofsThe co
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Page 25 and 26: Although less versatile than intens
Page 27 and 28: There are four main methods of esta
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Page 31 and 32: In summer, green roofs can retain 7
Page 33 and 34: The urban heat island effect descri
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Page 47 and 48: The mineral content of the substrat
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Figure 35: Labview Signal Express T
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7.2 Green Roof Energy BalanceThe gr
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(4)Where,α s = Shortwave Absorptiv
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A green roof test rig was set up to
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Figure 40: Green Roof Test Rig for
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second day of the experiment. The l
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with the artificial rain event. Whe
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References1. Sailor D.J. ‘A Green
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31. Mellor, R.S. Salisbury, F.B. Ra
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Appendix 1Niall Carroll Page 73The
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