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Vertical vegetation design decisions and their impact on energy consumption in subtropical cities
2012
The Sustainable City VII
unpublished
Vertical vegetation is vegetation growing on, or adjacent to, the unused sunlit exterior surfaces of buildings in cities. Vertical vegetation can improve the energy efficiency of the building on which it is installed mainly by insulating, shading and transpiring moisture from foliage and substrate. Several design parameters may affect the extent of the vertical vegetation's improvement of energy performance. Examples are choice of vegetation, growing medium geometry, north/south aspect and
doi:10.2495/sc120411
fatcat:wlogjnvayfc6nmhcwv3ub575uy