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Currently, a very big problem of cities in Europe and the world is air pollution with combustion products of car fuels, generation of heat and electricity. These impurities affect the microclimate of cities significantly. Pollution not only affects the area outside buildings, but getting into their interior through ventilation systems, which has an adverse effect on the indoor environment of buildings. High concentrations of <italic>CO</italic>2, cause a weakening of concentration in working people, which affects the deterioration of safety and work efficiency. For assessing air quality improvement on “green roofs”, a field study of <italic>CO</italic>2 content has been carried out on the “green roof” of a four-storey building, on a completely identical non-greened building, and on a highway with high-density traffic near them in Kiev. It was found that greening the roof significantly reduces the <italic>CO</italic>2 content from 501 ppm on the road and 452 ppm on the roof without protection to 410-415 ppm. It improves the conditions in which people work and rest.
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Currently, a very big problem of cities in Europe and the world is air pollution with combustion products of car fuels, generation of heat and electricity. These impurities affect the microclimate of cities significantly. Pollution not only affects the area outside buildings, but getting into their interior through ventilation systems, which has an adverse effect on the indoor environment of buildings. High concentrations of CO2, cause a weakening of concentration in working people, which affects the deterioration of safety and work efficiency. For assessing air quality improvement on “green roofs”, a field study of CO2 content has been carried out on the “green roof” of a four-storey building, on a completely identical non-greened building, and on a highway with high-density traffic near them in Kiev. It was found that greening the roof significantly reduces the CO2 content from 501 ppm on the road and 452 ppm on the roof without protection to 410-415 ppm. It improves the conditions in which people work and rest.

Field Study of Air Quality Improvement by a “Green Roof” in Kyiv

Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Currently, a very big problem of cities in Europe and the world is air pollution with combustion products of car fuels, generation of heat and electricity....

Field Study of Air Quality Improvement by a “Green Roof” in Kyiv

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 419 - 424

Received: Nov 02, 2018

Accepted: Dec 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0054

Keywords
air pollution, air quality, green roof, reducing, sequestration of

© 2019 Tetiana Tkachenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Field Study of Air Quality Improvement by a “Green Roof” in Kyiv

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 419 - 424

Received: Nov 02, 2018

Accepted: Dec 29, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0054

Keywordsair pollution, air quality, green roof, reducing, sequestration of

© 2019 Tetiana Tkachenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
air pollution, air quality, green roof, reducing, sequestration of