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Public and Private Economic Feasibility of Green Areas as a Passive Energy Measure: A Case Study in the Mediterranean City of Trapani in Southern Ita…

2022

Green infrastructure in urban environments provides a wide range of ecological, social, aesthetic, and health co-benefits. Urban plant covers in particular contribute to improved outdoor environmental conditions that, in turn, influence the energy behavior of buildings and their indoor thermo-hygrometric comfort performance. Within this context, this study illustrates a methodology aimed at verifying the economic feasibility of alternative types of green areas for public and private stakeholders, which are analyzed as passive energy measures. Therefore, our methodology integrates approaches from different disciplines and consists of a microclimatic analysis of different vegetation scenarios…

green areaco-benefitSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentGeography Planning and Developmentoutdoor comfortSettore ICAR/10 - Architettura TecnicaManagement Monitoring Policy and Lawurban microclimateco-benefits; green areas; passive energy measure; economic feasibility; urban microclimate; outdoor comfort; vegetationpassive energy measureeconomic feasibilityvegetationSettore ICAR/22 - EstimoSustainability; Volume 14; Issue 4; Pages: 2407
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