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Bruno R. Silva

Curatorship of Living Collections, Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Bromeliário, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, CEP 22460-030, Brazil
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Research ArticleOpen accessEvaluating Plant Species Suitability for a Substrate-Free Tropical Green RoofBruno R. Silva, André Mantovani, Dulce G. Mantuano et al.Greenroofs reduce building exterior-interior thermal flux and mitigate high internal air temperatures, especially in tropical climates. Tropical greenroofs are given little attention and their use remains restricted to a very low percentage of roofs due to high costs compared to traditional roofs, weight overload (mainly due to the chosen substrate) and potential waterproofing problems. We here present an alternative greenroof … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 4 · 11 Oct 2018 · 7,529 accessesView PDFCite