How do green roofs, which cool by evapotransportation ( rooftop lawns require water much as those on the ground do) compare in cooling efficiency with higher albedo white roofs combined with an equal volume of water spraying when the sun is high?
On Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 12:16:10 AM UTC-5, E Durbrow wrote: > > > Perhaps, tangental. Seville planners think they can cool their city > despite significant temperature increase with 204-700 hectares of green > roofs. > > Summary: > > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171110113938.htm > > > Comment: My layperson’s understanding is that it is very difficult to > predict and simulate city-wide changes in temperature when a modification > (e.g. reflective roofs, green space, etc) occurs. I though I remember that > reading that reflective roofs might have no effect on local temperature > (city’s micro-climate). Modelers, is this the case? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
