Roofing Evaluation Modules for Measuring Energy and Storm Water Dynamics of Green Roofs in North Central Alberta

绿色屋顶对城市环境很重要，因为它们能够吸收落在屋顶上的降水，抵消城市中的“热岛”效应，并为建筑物提供隔热。鉴于消费者良知中绿色运动的力量，工业界现在迫切需要改善他们的“绿色”形象，并发现他们的需求可以通过建立绿色屋顶来解决。与工业界合作，NAIT正在支持绿色屋顶研究计划，工作人员正在协助工业界测试生长介质和深度，以及绿色屋顶上本地植物物种的建立和生存。这项工作是与加拿大威廉姆斯工程公司、埃德蒙顿卓越废物管理中心和埃德蒙顿市等公司和机构合作完成的。我们要求NSERC提供的设备将用于帮助行业解决与长期成本效益相关的紧迫问题

Green roofs are important to the urban environment because of their ability to absorb precipitation that falls on roofs, counteract the "heat island" effect in cities, and provide insulation to buildings. Given the power of the green movement in the conscience of consumers, industry has now a pressing need to improve their "green" image, and discovered that their need can be addressed by establishing green roofs. In collaboration with industry, NAIT is supporting a Green Roof Research program and staff is assisting industry in testing growth media and depth, and the establishment and survival of native plant species on green roofs. This work is done in cooperation with companies and institutions such as Williams Engineering Canada Inc., the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence, and the City of Edmonton. The equipment we are requesting from NSERC will be used to assist industry to address a pressing question related to the long term cost benefits of