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Hydrological performance of green roofs in the context of the meteorological factors during the 5‐year monitoring period
Author(s) -
BursztaAdamiak Ewa,
Stańczyk Justyna,
Łomotowski Janusz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12385
Subject(s) - green roof , environmental science , stormwater , stormwater management , context (archaeology) , hydrology (agriculture) , variance (accounting) , sustainable development , meteorology , roof , water resource management , surface runoff , environmental resource management , environmental engineering , civil engineering , geography , engineering , business , ecology , geotechnical engineering , accounting , archaeology , biology
Green roofs as solutions that can offer varying levels of stormwater management are the topic of current interest. In order to use this form of reconstructing retention capacity, it is important to understand the influence of meteorological conditions on the functioning of living roofs. The study presents the results of research, using of the ANOVA variance analysis method, on retention performance (i.e. volumetric control) and detention (temporal delay run‐off) carried out in the years 2009–2014. The results indicate that the green roof can effectively retain rainfall and delay the initiation of run‐off from the rainfall events included in the analysis. Understanding the hydrological performance of green roofs in different local meteorological conditions is key to the successful implementation and development of sustainable practices to control run‐off in urban areas.