Planted roofs are passive cooling techniques that reduce the thermal load of buildings. In this paper, the authors have developed a model for evaluating the cooling potential of green roofs. Transfer equations are solved using a finite difference scheme and Thomas algorithm. The study was...

This paper presents investigation on the use of solar chimney (SC) in high-rise building. To this end, two small scale models of a three storey building were built. The floor dimensions of each storey are 1.2×2×1m. Solar chimneys were integrated into the south-faced walls of one unit whereas...