THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Predrag M. Živković

,

Dragana G. Dimitrijević Jovanović

,

Žana Stevanović

THE IMPACT OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE WITH THE GREEN LIVING SYSTEMS ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT
Altering the surface cover of an area causes the change in the environment. By erecting buildings change in the flow of energy and matter through the urban ecosystems occurs creating multiple environmental problems. Built areas exert considerable influence over their local climate, amplifying problems such as heat waves, air pollution, and flooding. Greening the building envelope these problems can be partially mitigated. By combining nature and built areas in their designs, architects and urban planners can respond to these serious human health and welfare issues and restore the environmental quality of dense urban areas. Green living systems are not the only solution for new designs. Retrofitting existing buildings by altering the buildings' surficial properties can reduce buildings' energy consumption in case of older buildings with poor existing insulation. Implementation of green living systems in the building envelope, greening horizontal surfaces with intensive and extensive green roofs or using vegetation in vertical greening systems for façades, is a strategy that provides ecological, economic, and social benefits. This review paper presents collected evidence of effects and explores the important role that the green living systems can play in the dense urban areas. Benefits such as heat island amelioration, reduction of buildings energy consumption, air quality and indoor and outdoor comfort conditions improvement, stormwater management and improved water run-off quality, will be mainly considered. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III42008]
KEYWORDS
green roof, green wall, building, energy, environment
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-05-31
PAPER REVISED: 2018-03-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2018-06-13
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2018-09-22
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI170531225D
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2018, VOLUME 22, ISSUE Supplement 4, PAGES [S1033 - S1045]
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