Hodo-Abalo, Samah; Banna, Magolmèèna; Zeghmati, Belkacem - In: Renewable Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 140-148
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...