CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND 1
1.2 AIM 4
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION 4
1.4 HYPOTHESIS 4
2 LITERATURE STUDY 6
2.1 OVERVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION 8
2.1.1 Vertical Garden classification 8
2.2 BENEFITS OF VERTICAL GARDEN 15
2.3 ENERGY SAVING MECHANISM IN VERTICAL GARDEN 19
2.3.1 Shading effect 20
2.3.2 Evaporative cooling 21
2.3.3 Thermal insulation 23
2.3.4 Heat transfer process 23
2.4 PREVIOUS WORKS 24
2.4.1 Based on Live Experiment 25
2.4.2 Real Case 29
2.4.3 Based on Simulations 30
2.5 FINDINGS & CONCLUSION 34
3 RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODS 40
4 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 44
5 SIMULATIONS AND RESULTS 46
5.1 INPUT PARAMETERS FOR SOFTWARE 48
5.2 BASE CASE MODEL FOR SIMULATIONS 49
5.2.1 Base case Model - 1 50
5.2.2 Base case Model - 2 54
5.2.3 Base case Model - 3 56
6 CONCLUSION 58
7 BIBLIOGRAPHY
8 APPENDIX
8.1 Appendix A: Quantitative data generated with Simulation
8.2 Appendix B: Definitions
8.3 Appendix C: Green Roof Mechanism in EnergPlus software viii