MAINTENANCE PLANNING
MAINTENANCE PLANNING

- Green roofs inspection and pathology, classification of the most common anomalies in each solution;
- Adequate green roofs maintenance plans, with definition of maintenance actions, frequency and responsible entity;
- Use of native species in the performance of such constructive solutions;
- Products development and optimization;
- Comparison of extensive, intensive and semi-intensive green roofs performance.

Members:
Cristina Matos Silva
Inês Flores-Colen

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

- Integrated model to balance costs with economic, social and environmental benefits over the life cycle of green roofs/walls;
- Green roofs/walls retrofit in new and existing buildings;
- Rehabilitation of urban centres using green roofs/walls, assessing the potential of real cities;
- Supporting decision making process and landscape planning;
- Users/investors willingness to pay.

Members:
Carlos Oliveira Cruz
Cristina Matos Silva
Inês do Nascimento Teotónio
Patrí­cia Dinis Ferreira

GREEN IN TRANSPORTATION
GREEN IN TRANSPORTATION

- Green Stations /Eco-Stations - designed to reduce harmful effects on the environment (CO2, energy, water);
- In situ data to evaluate the willingness to pay of users;
- Owners/investors willingness to pay;
- Green roofs and green walls in urban transport infrastructures (Cases studies: Entre-Campos railway stations, Campo Grande / Av. da República tunnels).

Members:
Carlos Oliveira Cruz
Cristina Matos Silva
Inês do Nascimento Teotónio
Maria Ana Benoliel
Patrí­cia Dinis Ferreira

THERMAL PERFORMANCE
THERMAL PERFORMANCE

- Thermal in-service monitoring of green roofs and green walls using sensors, thermocouples, thermohygrometers, piranometers and thermographic camera;
- Building energy performance modelling of green roofs and green walls;
- Green roofs/walls energy savings when compared to traditional roof solutions/facades.

Members:
Cristina Matos Silva
Maria da Glória Gomes

RAINWATER HARVESTING
RAINWATER HARVESTING

- Monitoring water consumption in buildings;
- Characterization of precipitation patterns and evaluation of the technical feasibility of rainwater harvesting;
- Evaluation of the economical viability of rainwater harvesting and sensitivity analysis;
- Improvement of water management/rainwater harvesting;
- Coupling rainwater collection with green roofs and walls;
- Feasibility of collecting the runoff from the roof for various uses in and around a building.

Members:
Cristina Matos Silva
Vitor Faria e Sousa

WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT

- Grey water treatment with
NBS - experimental data (ongoing).

Members:
Ana Fonseca Galvão
Cristina Matos Silva