THERMAL PERFORMANCES OF TRADITIONAL GREEN FACADES. INCIDENCE OF THE SELECTION OF THE CLIMBING SPECIES.
incidencia de la selección de la especie trepadora
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Traditional Green Facades, Thermal Performance, Arid ClimateAbstract
The thermal behavior of three types of Traditional Green Facades (TGF) in the context of aridity is evaluated. An experimental test was developed under controlled conditions to evaluate the thermal response of three brick walls, characteristic of traditional construction, covered with different perennial climbing species, all oriented to the West and isolated to the North, South and East. The interior and exterior temperatures in the related spaces and their surfaces were monitored during the month of February in summer of 2022. The results show temperature differences both in the associated interior and exterior spaces, as well as in the surfaces of the walls covered with vegetation. Maximum temperature differences are found, because of the use of the different species, in the outer connected space of up to 2,7 °C, in the outer surface of up to 7,1 °C, in the inner surface of up to 1,2 °C and in the associated interior space of up to 1,3 °C. This shows that the plant choice has an impact on the potential effectiveness of the FVT, which have proven efficiency to improve the thermal behavior of spaces on an urban and building scale.
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