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The Importance of Greenery in Sustainable Buildings

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Editors:
  1. Ali Sayigh

    1. World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, UK

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  2. Antonella Trombadore

    1. DIDA Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

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  • Presents leading-edge research in green building, sustainable architecture, and renewable energy
  • Covers a broad range of global approaches to the use of greenery in sustainable building design
  • Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of subjects presented

Part of the book series: Innovative Renewable Energy (INREE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Added Value of Greenery for Sustainable Building: The Perspective from the Netherlands

    • Wim Zeiler
    Pages 1-29

  3. Green Dreams: Regenerating Cities Through Nature

    • Alessandra Battisti
    Pages 31-46

  4. Greening the Urban Environment: An Integrated Approach to Planning Sustainable Cities—The Case of Greater Cairo

    • Khalid Zakaria El Adli, Noha A. Abd El Aziz
    Pages 47-72

  5. Urban Vegetation and Microclimatic Comfort in Warm Climates

    • Gustavo Cantuaria, Manuel Correia Guedes
    Pages 73-100

  6. From Vernacular to Sustainable Contemporary Architecture: Urban Green and Patios

    • Carolina Ganem Karlen
    Pages 101-123

  7. Rooftop Greenhouses: Smart and Inclusive Design

    • Lucia Ceccherini Nelli
    Pages 125-154

  8. Urban Green Coverage: Importance of Green Roofs and Urban Farming Policies in Enhancing Liveability in Buildings and Cities—Global and Regional Outlook

    • Mohsen Aboulnaga, Heba Fouad
    Pages 155-230

  9. Food in the City: Enabling Integrated Solutions for Urban Agriculture and Food Production in Buildings

    • Michele D’Ostuni, Antonella Trombadore, Francesco Orsini
    Pages 231-254

  10. The Role of Natural Factors in Courtyard Houses of Hot-Arid Climate of Iran

    • Seyedehmamak Salavatian
    Pages 255-272

  11. Adaptive Design of Green Facades and Vertical Farm: Examples of Technological Integration of Microalgae for Energy Production in Resilient Architecture

    • Antonella Trombadore, Beatrice Paludi, Michele D’Ostuni
    Pages 273-294

  12. Significance of Courtyard House Design in the Arab World

    • Falah AlKubaisy
    Pages 295-310

  13. The Use of Vegetation in Hot Arid Climates for Sustainable Urban Environments

    • Jose Manuel Ochoa, Irene Marincic, Helena Coch
    Pages 311-336

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 337-352
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About this book

This book covers the important aspects of greenery in buildings, both in the landscape and within buildings, examining how greenery improves comfort and appeal in sustainable buildings. The book is part of the World Renewable Energy Network’s drive to encourage architects and builders to use greenery as much as possible in their design to reduce energy consumption and provide a pleasant appearance and pleasing aspect to their buildings. It shows and demonstrates how widespread the use of greenery is in buildings, and the books 17 chapters were chosen from 12 different countries representing a truly global look at the use and benefit of using greenery in buildings. This book is aimed at architects, building construction authorities, urban planners, and policymakers to encourage the use of greenery in their future buildings and explain why it is important to do so.


Editors and Affiliations

  • World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, UK

    Ali Sayigh

  • DIDA Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

    Antonella Trombadore

About the editors

Dr. Ali Sayigh is Chairman and Founder of the World Renewable Energy Congress and Council; Director General of World Renewable Energy Network (WREN); Chairman and Founder of the Arab Solar Energy Society; and Past Chairman of the UK Solar Energy Society. Dr. Sayigh was recently elected to chair the Iraqi Energy Institute, and he actively consults on renewable and sustainable energy issues for a number of international organizations, including UNESCO, ISESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, & UNIDO. Dr. Sayigh was Director of Solar Seminars at ICTP Trieste, Italy from 1977-1995; Professor of Solar Energy at King Saud, Kuwait, and Reading Universities from 1969 to 1994, and Professor of Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire from 1994 to 2004. He was the founding expert in Renewable Energy at AOPEC. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; and Chartered Engineer. He has published more than 400 papers and has contributed to and edited morethan 30 books. He has been Editor and Editor in Chief of several international journals including Renewable Energy and the International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the Major Reference Work Comprehensive Renewable Energy. He is fellow of many societies including The Royal Society of Art.



Antonella Trombadore, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence, where she is also a senior researcher at the ABITA Interuniversity Research Center. Dr. Trombadore received a PhD in Architectural Technology and an MSC in Energy Management from the University of Florence. Her areas of professional expertise are in the in the fields of project management, integrated projects, sustainable urban design, energy conscious design, low energy buildings, sustainable architecture and bioclimatic design, communications, and dissemination strategies. She is team leader of several European Research Projects in the field of architectural integration of innovative solutions for energy retrofitting action, nearly zero buildings as well as integrated smart process for AbitareMediterraneo, multi-issues platform as interactive Network for technical regulations management, technologies data base and best practice dissemination activity. She is also a Collaborator for the management of the European Master Course “Sustainable Design and Technologies for Built Environment” and post-graduate courses in Bioclimatic Architecture and Energy Saving in Buildings at the University of Florence.


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