Extensive Green Roof Ecological Benefits in Latvia

International Scientific Conference "Environmental and Climate Technologies 2013": Conference Proceedings 2013
Rihards Rušenieks, Agris Kamenders

Extensive green roof ecological benefits are studied in this paper. The research contains a brief explanation about green roof technology and green roof ecological benefits. Green roof capability to retain rainwater runoff by accumulating it in storage layers and conducting it back into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration is studied and modeled. Modeling is done in Stormwater Management Model 5.0 software. The model is based on an existing warehouse-type building located in Riga and hourly Riga climatic data of 2012. Evaluation of the model is carried out and future study fields of green roof ecological benefits are discussed.

Keywords
green roof, extensive green roof, rainwater retention, green urban building, urban planning, energy efficiency
DOI
10.7250/iscect.2013.013
Hyperlink
https://ect-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/iscect.2013.013

Rušenieks, R., Kamenders, A. Extensive Green Roof Ecological Benefits in Latvia. In: International Scientific Conference "Environmental and Climate Technologies 2013": Conference Proceedings, Latvia, Riga, 14-16 October, 2013. Riga: RTU Press, 2013, pp.72-77. ISBN 978-9934-10-510-4. Available from: doi:10.7250/iscect.2013.013

Publication language
English (en)