Sentence examples for roof performance from inspiring English sources

Under such parameter uncertainty, green roof performance can no longer be predicted deterministically but rather probabilistically.

The review indicates clearly that there is a need for more research into a green roof performance in an urban environment.

Some of these effects are clearly related and do not require elaboration (e.g., less soil depth = less biomass), while others are of particular relevance to long-term green roof performance.

Three sets of 120 phytosociological relevés, sampled in 1987, 1999 and 2014, have been compared to assess: (1) nestedness vs spatial turnover, (2) functional diversity and (3) the importance of vegetation dynamics on green roof performance and design.

In this work, we characterized four substrates in terms of their hydraulic and thermal properties, and performed numerical simulations of heat and fluid flow to study the effect of these properties on green roof performance.

More information is also needed for Sedum species that utilize CAM to varying degrees on green roofs so that plant water use can be included in water balance equations that predict green roof performance.

Coconut fibre filled precast ferrocement roofing performance was compared to a ferrocement-only roofing and to a traditional concrete slab roofing.

The 5°-sloped roof performed better than the horizontal roof and improved the performance of the light shelf.

Existing literature provides contradictory information about variation in potential green roof hydrological performance over time.

However, there is very limited knowledge concerning the evolution of green roof hydrological performance with system age.

These results suggest that cool wet season climates such as the Pacific Northwest are challenging ones for green roof stormwater performance.