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Mark Simmons
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin
Earlier this year, researchers in Texas reported that green roofs can reduce a building's air conditioning costs by about 1/5 compared to black-top roofs. But they also reported that not all green roofs perform equally well. They found that designs differ in their ability to keep buildings cool and …
今年早些時(shí)候，德克薩斯州的研究人員報(bào)道說，和黑色房頂相比，綠色房頂可以減少一幢建筑大約五分之一的空調(diào)費(fèi)用。但是他們也說，不是所有的綠色房頂效果都一樣良好。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)設(shè)計(jì)不同，它們保持建筑涼爽和吸收雨水的能力也就不同。 馬克·西蒙斯在奧斯汀的德州大學(xué)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower中心的研究。“綠色屋頂…