Zuzana Poorova

Comparing Air Temperature and Humidity in a Vestibule without and with Green Wall

The paper is a part of ongoing doctoral study focusing on interior green walls and their qualities. The paper describes living wall built in entrance hall in the laboratory of Technical University of Kosice, its construction, irrigation and vegetation; the most important segments of every living wall. The research deals with effect of green wall on air temperature and humidity in the room and compares it with air temperature and humidity in the room without green wall.

Modeling Košice Green Roofs Maps

Abstract The need to house population in urban areas is expected to rise to 66% in 2050, according to United Nations. The replacement of natural permeable green areas with concrete constructions and hard surfaces will be noticed. The densification of existing built-up areas is responsible for the decreasing vegetation, which results in the lack of evapotranspiration cooling the air. Such decreasing vegetation causes urban heat islands. Since roofs and pavements have a very low albedo, they absorb a lot of sunlight. Several studies have shown that natural and permeable surfaces, as in the case of green roofs, can play crucial role in mitigating this negative climate phenomenon and providing higher efficiency for the building, leading to savings. Such as water saving, what is the main idea of this research.

Predicting Maps of Green Growth in Košice

The paper deals with the changing of the traditional roofs in the city of Kosice into green roofs. Possible areas of city housing estates, after taking into account the conditions of each of them (types of buildings, statics of buildings), are listed in the paper. The research is picturing the prediction maps of Kosice city from 2017 to 2042 in 5-years interval. The paper is a segment of a dissertation work focusing on changing traditional roofs into green roofs with the aim to retain water, calculate the amount of retained water and show possibilities how to use this water.

CHANGING OF VEGETATION ON GREEN ROOF

There is something very idealistic about the odea of putting a garden on your roof.This article is about putting a green roof on even something more funnier, the dog house. The act of greenering part of nature in past, building in present is very popular these days. The idea of this article is to show the change of vegetation used on green roof of the doghouse. The article also presents weathes conditions during theperiod of the observation.