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Papageorgiou, Charilaos
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2019-04-02T13:55:20Z
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2019-04-03T00:00:17Z
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2019-04-02
dc.identifier.uri
https://repository.ihu.edu.gr//xmlui/handle/11544/29286
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Life cycle assessment
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Green roof
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Life cycle cost assessment
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dc.subject
Climate change
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dc.title
Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Costs of green roofs in Southern Europe
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heal.type
masterThesis
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heal.classification
engineering
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heal.classification
Green roof
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heal.classification
Life Cycle Assessment
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heal.classification
Life Cycle Cost Assessment
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heal.classification
LCA
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heal.classification
climate change
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heal.language
en
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free
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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School of Science and Technology, MSc in Energy Building Design
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heal.publicationDate
2019-04-01
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Urban Heat Island effect is a crucial issue for many metropolitan cities, while environmental consequences of climatic change continuously overwhelm every region all over the world. Many countries take extensive measures so as to counterbalance potential effects in people’s everyday life, creating different technologies and strategies of mitigation. Since ancient times, green roofs constitute a great concern as a mediator between nature and the artificial urban environment. But how the implementation of the specific type of vegetated roof can deeply be involved in environmental consequences generated by human activity into fast-paced urban layout?
This particular study aims to comprehend the direct environmental contribution of a specific green roof type to some fundamental impacts of Urban Heat Island effects. The evaluation is conducted by Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Cost assessment of a hypothetical implementation into a particular case-study area in the city of Thessaloniki, a small metropolitan centre of Southern Europe.
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heal.tableOfContents
ABSTRACT III
CONTENTS IV
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 CLIMATE CHANGE 1
1.1.1 Concept 1
1.1.2 Urban Heat Island Effect 4
1.2 CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY 5
1.2.1 Mitigation and adaptation 5
1.2.2 Urban green infrastructure 7
2 GREEN ROOF SYSTEM 9
2.1 MAIN FEATURES 9
2.1.1 Typologies 10
2.1.2 Components 10
2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS 13
2.2.1 Urban water management 13
2.2.2 Air and water purification mean 14
2.2.3 Noise reduction 16
2.2.4 Biodiversity and agriculture 16
2.2.5 Energy related benefits 17
2.2.6 Economic aspects 18
2.2.7 Social aspects 18
3 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 19
3.1 THE CITY OF THESSALONIKI 19
3.1.1 Climate conditions 19
3.1.2 Environmental problems 20
3.2 CASE STUDY 28
3.2.1 Goal and Scope 28
3.2.2 Selection Criteria 29
4 LIFE CYCLE METHODOLOGY 34
4.1 MATERIALS AND METHODS 34
4.1.1 LCA overview 34
4.1.2 State of the art analysis 36
4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) 42
4.2.1 General Methodology 42
4.2.2 Goal and Scope Definition 43
4.2.3 Inventory analysis (LCI) 45
4.2.4 Impact Assessment (LCIA) 51
4.3 LIFE CYCLE COST ASSESSMENT (LCC) 52
4.3.1 Theory 52
4.3.2 Methodology 53
5 RESULTS 58
5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL LCA 58
5.1.1 Traditional Horizontal Roof (THR) 59
5.1.2 Extensive Green Roof (EGR) 63
5.1.3 Comparison THR and EGR 67
5.1.4 Sensitivity analysis 71
5.2 ECONOMIC LCA 77
6 DISCUSSION 79
BIBLIOGRAPHY 88
ENGLISH 88
GREEK 94
WEBSITES 94
APPENDIX 95
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heal.advisorName
Theodoridou, Ifigeneia
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heal.committeeMemberName
Martinopoulos, Georgios
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Heracleous, Eleni
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heal.academicPublisher
IHU
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heal.academicPublisherID
ihu
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heal.numberOfPages
109
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