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Copyright 2008 Miriam Esther Figueroa
A Thesis Prsented to the
FACTULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDINGS SCIENCE
May 2008
GREEN ROOF PERFORMANCE
IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
by
Miriam Esther Figueroa
Object Description
| Title | Green roof performance in Los Angeles, California |
| Author | Figueroa, Miriam Esther |
| Author email | miriam.e.figueroa@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-26 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schiler, Marc |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Harris, Robert Noble, Doug Gangi, Mark |
| Abstract | Green roofs have recently become popular solutions to help combat the growing climate crisis. Most of the information available focuses on the benefits recorded in the temperate regions of the United States. Almost no information appears to address the implications green roofs could have in the semi-arid climate ofthe southwestern U.S.; This paper aims to determine if the same benefits recorded elsewhere in the U.S. will be noticeable in Los Angeles, California. The author compared the performance of a low-cost green roof with a base case conventional insulated roof to discuss the interior behavior of a green roof in a semi-arid climate. The analysis of the temperature data indicate that, although it may not have as large a benefit as in other locations in the U.S, a green roof will provide enough of a difference in interior air temperature during warm weather months to be beneficial in southern California. |
| Keyword | green roof; green roof in Los Angeles; thermal mass; data logger; passive sustainable solutions |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles County |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1223 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Figueroa, Miriam Esther |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Figueroa-20080504 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Figueroa-20080504.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | Copyright 2008 Miriam Esther Figueroa A Thesis Prsented to the FACTULTY OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDINGS SCIENCE May 2008 GREEN ROOF PERFORMANCE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA by Miriam Esther Figueroa |
