COMPARISON BETWEEN TEMPERATURE REGIME OF A BUILDING WITH PARTIAL GREEN AND PARTIAL CONVENTIONAL ROOF

Vlad Tudor DOBRA, Mugur Ciprian BĂLAN, Viorel MITRE

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The purpose of this paper is to realize a comparative study between the temperature regimes of a green roof and a conventional roof. The experimental system used for monitoring both the classic roof and the green roof, includes 9 digital temperature sensors, a data acquisition board and a PC. The measurements were made between 1 and 14 July 2012. It was highlighted the thermal inertial effect of the green roof, by reducing the variation range and by inducing a phase shift of the inside air temperature variation and waterproof membrane temperature variation. It was also observed the cooling effect to the outside air above the green roof.

Keywords: green roof, air temperature, roof temperature, heat transfer, data acquisition system

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