Sentence examples for modular roof from inspiring English sources

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We report in this paper, results of a study to evaluate the effects of growing substrate and water retention layer on the thermal performance of a modular green roof system.

We used a modular green roof system, which consists of self-contained units that can be assembled and planted ex situ and later installed on the roof [20].

Shallow-rooted plants were studied on unirrigated modular green roof trays.

Here, we summarize the results of a study of plant establishment on a modular green roof in south-central Texas.

In a modular green roof system, we tested the effect of Cladonia lichens on substrate temperature, water loss, and albedo compared to a substrate-only control.

> -wrap-foot> Plants were grown in 0.61 × 0.61 m rigid plastic modular green roof trays (Fig. 1A) (TectaGreen™, Tecta America Corp., Skokie, IL, USA).

In summary, four out of 15 species planted in 11.4-cm-deep modular green roof trays— G. paraguayense, M. lutea, M. maculosa and P. calycinus survived without losses.

With the increasing popularity of modular green roofing systems, a need was perceived to establish building code requirements for these systems, such as wind resistant performance.

The study site consisted of a 37 modular ft2) modular block green roof containing engineered soil and vegetation including several Sedum species.

Using a replicated extensive green roof modular array, temperature change at five thermal sensor stations along a vertical gradient was determined to examine the effects of irrigation and attributes of the vegetation and substrate.