Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.green revolution- the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which...
Energy, environmental and economic assessment of electricity savings from the operation of green roofs in urban office buildings of a warm Mediterranean region. Journal of Cleaner Production 168, 346-356. Figure 1. Diagram of the green roof location methodology....
Temperature–time diagram (left) in the rear-ventilated void cavity in different heights [0.5 m above the fire chamber (under fire stop), 1.0 m and 1.5 m above the fire chamber (above fire stop)]; photo of the test stand with arrangement of the measuring points in the rear-ventilated vo...
Below text courtesy Ed Jacobs.”You can tell whether the deity housed at the shrine is male or female by looking at the roof of the shrine. On some shrines (not all though) you may find horn-like cross boards on the roof. If the ends of the boards are cut so the flat edges face ...
The terms ‘Western medicine’ and ‘biomedicine’ do not particularly fit the case of the medical practices in the healthcare system of the Soviet Union, as it sometimes utilized the approaches of various traditional non-western medicines, such as Tibetan medicine. The healthcare infrastructure of...
System Build-up “Urban Rooftop Farming” – Proven Drainage Technology for Growing Vegetables and Fruits on Roofs The number of densely populated urban centres is increasing. More than half of the world’s population now lives in towns or cities, where undeveloped or green spaces are seldom to...
Fig. 2. Diagram showing several ecosystem services and disservices from urban lawns and meadows. 3.1.1. Food, biomass, and economy Little is known about the direct supply of food and fiber from lawn and meadow vegetation to humans; however, lawns with flowering weeds (e.g., dandelions and...
The daylighting roof of the atrium is transformed into an accordion structure, an electric sun-shading curtain is installed indoors to timely block the sunlight from the west, ensure comfort in the atrium space (as shown in Figs. 9, 10, 11). Fig. 9 Schematic diagram of thermal pressure ...
Figure 2.PRISMA model diagram. The search string used in the WoS database employed author keywords. The primary keyword “green roof” was used in conjunction with the Boolean operator “AND” to include the ten following additional terms shown inFigure 2. We used author keywords mainly to pro...
The adoption of green roofs is an effective practice for mitigating environmental issues in urban areas caused by extreme weather conditions. However, certain design aspects of green roofs, such as the characterization of the physical properties of their