Andrea Pianella

Ten years of greening a wide brown land: A synthesis of Australian green roof research and roadmap forward

Nicholas SG Williams, Rachael S Bathgate, Claire Farrell, Kate E Lee, Chris Szota, Judy Bush, Katherine A Johnson, Rebecca E Miller, Andrea Pianella, Leisa D Sargent, Julia Schiller, Kathryn JH Williams, John P Rayner

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Australian cities have been slow to implement green roofs. This is because there are many potential barriers to their widely accep..

Effects of substrate depth and native plants on green roof thermal performance in South-East Australia

Andreas Pianella, Lu Aye, Zhengdong Chen, Nicholas Williams

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 588, 1.01 – 1.05

Three experimental green roofs in Melbourne with depth of 100, 150 and 300 mm have been assessed to quantify their thermal perform..

Analysis and comparison of two vegetative roof heat and mass transfer models in three different climates

Sergio Vera, Camilo Pinto, Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco, German Molina, Gilles Flamant, Waldo Bustamante, Andrea Pianella, Nicholas Kincaid

Journal article  |  2019  |  ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

This study analyzed and compared in detail two existing heat and mass transfer models for vegetative roofs, which were developed b..

Physical and perceptual gap in indoor environmental quality: a mixed method study of space and users at an aged care facility in Victoria

Masa Noguchi, Catherine Mei Min Woo, Hing-Wah Chau, Jin Zhou, Andrea Pianella, Clare Newton

Journal article  |  2019  |  Architectural Science Review

Nearly a quarter of a million of Australia's ageing population live in residential aged care facilities. Given the growing ageing ..

Steady-state thermal measurement of moist granular earthen materials

Robin E Clarke, Andrea Pianella, Bahman Shabani, Gary Rosengarten

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF BUILDING PHYSICS

A technique based on the heat flow meter method is proposed for measuring the thermal conductivity of moist earthen and granular l..

Substrate Depth, Vegetation and Irrigation Affect Green Roof Thermal Performance in a Mediterranean Type Climate

Andrea Pianella, Lu Aye, Zhengdong Chen, Nicholas SG Williams

Journal article  |  2017  |  SUSTAINABILITY

Green roofs are consistently being used to reduce some of the negative environmental impacts of cities. The increasing interest in..

Green roofs in Australia: review of thermal performance and associated policy development

A Pianella, J Bush, Z Chen, N Williams, L AYE

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

In Australia, there is an increasing interest in using extensive green roofs to make buildings more sustainable and provide a numb..

Steady-state and transient thermal measurements of green roofsubstrates

A Pianella, RE Clarke, NSG Williams, Z Chen, L AYE

Journal article  |  2016  |  Energy and Buildings

There has been growing interest in using extensive green roofs for commercial and residential buildings in urban areas. Green roof..

Effects of design and operating parameters on green roof thermal performance in Melbourne

A Pianella, Lu Aye, Z Chen, N Williams

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  ZEMCH 2016

The growing interest in extensive green roofs prompts more refined studies on green roof design and operation. To assist in the de..