Afternoon, Session Block B3

• Summer cooling
• Biodiversity benefits
• Health and wellbeing issues

Gary Grant, Green Infrastructure Consultancy, London, United Kingdom

• Optimum green roof configurations for different climates
• Evaluation of green roofs in outdoor test beds
• Green roofs for passive cooling

Pablo La Roche, Callison RTKL/Cal Poly Pomona , Los Angeles, United States

• Plants as smart building envelope
• Urban energy balance
• Green walls for climate change adaptation

Bernhard Scharf, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

• Study of NOx and CO2 uptake by a green panel
• Lab experiments
• Derivation kinetic model of plant uptake

H.J.H. Brouwers, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

• Comparation between greenery facade and uncovered wall
• Experimental field test in Mediterranean climate region
• Data analysis over warm season

Evelia Schettini, University of Bari, Italy

• Infill green wall as a heat sink to assist indoor thermal comfort
• The effects of wind and solar radiation on the green wall’s performance
• Wall details to improve heat exchange and to block moisture transmission

Yun-Shang Chiou, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei