Energy Balance, Water Balance, and Plant Dynamics of a Sloped, Thin Extensive Green Roof Installed in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States

dc.contributor.advisorTilley, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorTjaden, Scott Williamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-05T06:43:01Z
dc.date.available2015-02-05T06:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractVegetated extensive green roofs can reduce peak runoff amounts during rain events. As the desire to install green roofs expands beyond roofs with little slope to those with steeper slopes, often found on residential homes, there is a need to understand how slope affects runoff. WaterShed, the University of Maryland's winning entry in the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition, is used as an applied research site where studies like the runoff analysis can be completed, while helping to promote and demonstrate environmental sustainability and energy consumption efficiency. Instrumentation installed on the roof will allow high-resolution data analysis, producing hydrographs. The research has related the sloped green roof to different moisture holding capacities throughout the different elevations, resulting in a unique energy balance for the installed green roof. The thin substrate did not significantly contribute to overall runoff reduction, rather it helped to reduce the overall peak runoff and elongate the runoff lag after a rain event. This living technology's performance over time in a new application to sloped roofs is crucial both to ensure regulatory standards are met and to provide feedback for future improvements to the design and technology itself.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2CP67
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16119
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledDesignen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEnergy Balanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGreen Roofen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSlopeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSolar Decathlonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstormwater retentionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWater Balanceen_US
dc.titleEnergy Balance, Water Balance, and Plant Dynamics of a Sloped, Thin Extensive Green Roof Installed in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United Statesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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