Prospects of green roof technology for energy and thermal benefits in buildings Case of Jordan》.pdf

Sustainable Cities and Society 14 (2014) 425–440 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Sustainable Cities and Society j o u r n a l h o m e p ag e: w w w. elsev /locate/scs Prospects of green roof technology for energy and thermal benefits in buildings: Case of Jordan Jawdat Goussous a , Hadi Siam a , Hussain Alzoubi b,∗ a University ofJordan, Department of Architectural Engineering, Amman, Jordan b Jordan University of Science and Technology, College of Architecture and Design, Irbid 22110, Jordan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Heat transfer has a substantial impact on thermal comfort for indoor architectural spaces, which is mainly Available online 16 June 2014 dependent on building envelopes. Improving the quality of indoor spaces means applying a climate- conscious design that is very beneficial in decreasing energy consumption in buildings. Keywords: In this paper, a study based on thermal calculations and computer simulation is conducted to demon- Green roof strate the thermal benefits on energy saving as an approach to increase energy efficiency through green Solar energy roof technology. The study focuses on roof surfaces as they account for a large portion of the insulation Computer simulation impact on built environments. A comparison between regular roof and green roof technologies was con- Thermal comfort