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Research in policy and practice · No. 61 · 2021
Green-roof evidence in EPA research for Puget Sound managers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Puget Sound stormwater research
- Role
- Stormwater-management research evidence
- Host
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Puget Sound stormwater research
- Publication
- Modeling the hydrologic effects of watershed-scale green roof implementation in the Pacific Northwest, United States
- Contribution
- Stormwater-management research evidence
- Evidence
- Journal issue 2021 · Introduction and reference 4 · EPA Impact/Purpose statement
Research reaching practice
EPA-led research across four Seattle watersheds includes Professor Amir’s green-roof review in its evidence base.
How the research was used
The review supports the introduction’s explanation of green roofs as ecosystem-service and stormwater-management measures. EPA states that its modelling study was developed with Region 10 input to inform Puget Sound resource managers addressing stormwater pollution.
The documented contribution
Journal issue 2021 · Introduction and reference 4 · EPA Impact/Purpose statement. The citation supports the study’s rationale. It does not establish that the review supplied model parameters or that a modelled roof programme was implemented.
Research and coauthor credit
State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs — Umberto Berardi; AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini; Ali GhaffarianHoseini. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.047
