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Journal articles on the topic "Heather gardens"

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Schofield, Gordon, Andrew McGinn, Natacha Frachon, and Heather McHaffie. "Plant Collecting for the Ecological Garden and the Scottish Heath Garden at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 5 (October 31, 2007): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2007.13.

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The Ecological and Heath Gardens at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh were created in 1991 and 1997 respectively. The Ecological Garden started as a naturalistic area of native woodland plants where cryptogams were encouraged to grow. Building on its success other habitat types were created nearby. The Heath Garden replaced an older heather garden and sought to recreate the ‘feel’ of a Scottish upland heathland. In recent years additional wild origin material of conservation concern has been added to each Garden and this paper describes the process along with some of the plants selected.
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Syrett, P., L. A. Smith, T. C. Bourner, S. V. Fowler, and A. Wilcox. "A European pest to control a New Zealand weed: investigating the safety of heather beetle, Lochmaea suturalis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for biological control of heather, Calluna vulgaris." Bulletin of Entomological Research 90, no. 2 (2000): 169–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300000286.

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Heather, Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull, is a serious invasive weed in the central North Island of New Zealand, especially in Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage Area. Heather beetle, Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson), is a foliage-feeding pest of Calluna in Europe, that was selected as the most promising biological control agent for introduction into New Zealand, because it causes high levels of damage to Calluna in Europe. Host-range tests indicated that L. suturalisposes a negligible threat to native New Zealand plants. Cultivars of Callunagrown as ornamentals are suitable food plants, but are unlikely to be severely affected because L. suturalis requires a damp understorey of moss or litter for successful oviposition and pupation, which is rarely present in gardens. However, mosses and litter occurring under Calluna stands in Tongariro National Park are suitable substrates for eggs and pupae. Lochmaea suturalis released in New Zealand has been freed of parasitoids and a microsporidian disease that attack the beetles in Europe.
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Hitchcock, Anthony, and Anthony G. Rebelo. "The Restoration of Erica verticillata." Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, no. 15 (December 8, 2017): 39–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/sibbaldia.2017.222.

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The Threatened Species Programme at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, is integrated to include both ex situ and in situ conservation activities. Plant conservation is driven by South Africa’s Strategy for Plant Conservation which was developed in response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
 This case study examines the conservation of Erica verticillata (whorl heath), a flagship for threatened species at Kirstenbosch, and documents the integration of ex situ with in situ conservation at three areas on the Cape Flats. The whorl heath was thought to be extinct by 1950. Horticulturists have since rediscovered eight clones in botanic gardens worldwide, the Heather Society and commercial growers. Ex situ conservation in botanic garden collections and the Millennium Seed Bank has since allowed in situ conservation in the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation type. The process of restoring the whorl heath presented many challenges. Initially attempts were hampered by limited available knowledge on suitable niche habitats. Pioneering work carried out at Rondevlei Nature Reserve identified the suitable habitat and this was applied in subsequent in situ work at Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area and at Tokai Park – the only natural areas remaining in or near this species’ historical distribution range. Successful re-establishment of this species depends upon its capacity to recruit after fire, which is an essential ecological process in the fynbos. Many clones have been in cultivation for a long time and are poor seed producers: seed production was first recorded at Rondevlei only after additional clones were planted together. Only one population (Rondevlei) to date has seen a fire and thus has recruited seedlings; however these are competing with vigorous companion plants.
 The study continues and is currently exploring the role of herbivory in the restoration process. The key lesson learnt to date is the need to include sustainable management of the entire ecosystem in the restoration process and not limit it to single species. Success in restoring a species depends upon a healthy stand of the vegetation type in place, along with pollinators and other key fauna and other natural ecosystem processes. It is recommended that successful re- establishment of a species in fynbos requires the reintroduced population to survive three fire cycles.
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Hesterman, Heather, and Amanda Hawkey. "Treegazing. How Art and Meditation Connect Peripatetic Practices as a Form of Subtle Activism." Journal of Public Space, Vol. 5 n. 4 (December 1, 2020): 231–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.32891/jps.v5i4.1423.

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Treegazing was a public walking event held in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020 inviting the public to lift their gaze, be mindful whilst acknowledging the garden’s aesthetic design and history. This walk created a temporary community of strangers who co-experienced the majestic arboreal canopies of trees and plants, reducing ‘plant blindness’ (Schussler & Wandersee, 1998). Acknowledging the importance of ‘what stories are told’ and ‘making-kin’ (Haraway, 2016), this article explores collaborative visions between yoga and meditation practitioner Amanda Hawkey and artist Heather Hesterman. Investigating the dualities of silence/sound, open/enclosed, empty/busy and built/green spaces as a series of experiences. The act of mindful walking aims to connect the body to green spaces; to provide an embodied experience of nature. How might fundamental practices, as humans walking individually and together in public space be potential acts of transformation, of mindfulness, and environmental awareness - even subtle activism? We argue that encouraging an engagement with nature via haptic and ocular modes of art practice and meditation may facilitate a deeper engagement with and/or increased appreciation for flora. Treegazing implicates the walkers to become part of a connective- fluidity that enacts the space not within as participants, witness nor viewers but offers a shared collective experience of both mobility and stillness with the landscape, a subtle activism that looks up and treads lightly to ‘conspire – with nature.’
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Walker, Kevin J., Linda Robinson, and Duncan Donald. "Cotula alpina (Asteraceae) naturalised in the British Isles." British & Irish Botany 2, no. 1 (2020): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33928/bib.2020.02.043.

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Cotula alpina (Hook f.) Hook f. is an Australian herb that has been naturalised in Britain since the 1970s and is now locally abundant in parts of northern England and northwest Scotland. Its method of arrival is unknown but it is likely to have originated from gardens and perhaps also from wool shoddy. It appears to be spreading rapidly due to high seed production and effective dispersal by sheep, humans and vehicles and is now locally abundant on moorland tracks and in adjacent acid grassland and heather moorland managed for grouse. Due to its evergreen and mat-forming habit it can outcompete community dominants such as Agrostis capillaris and Festuca ovina in areas where levels of grazing are high. It appears to be well suited to the British climate and is therefore likely to spread into similar habitats in other regions where it could pose a threat to localized species associated with short grassland on acidic soils. Its overall abundance and ability to regenerate rapidly from seed means it is unlikely to be easily controlled or eradicated, although exclusion of grazing may help to reduce its abundance in some areas.
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Hartley-Kroeger, Fiona. "The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 72, no. 11 (2019): 481. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2019.0489.

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LeBleu, Charlene, Mark Dougherty, Keith Rahn, et al. "Quantifying Thermal Characteristics of Stormwater through Low Impact Development Systems." Hydrology 6, no. 1 (2019): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/hydrology6010016.

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Urbanization causes alteration of the thermal regime (surface, air, and water) of the environment. Heated stormwater runoff flows into lakes, streams, bays, and estuaries, which potentially increases the base temperature of the surface water. The amount of heat transferred, and the degree of thermal pollution is of great importance to the ecological integrity of receiving waters. This research reports on a controlled laboratory scale test to assess low impact development (LID) stormwater control measure impacts on the thermal characteristics of stormwater runoff. We hypothesize that LID stormwater control measures (SCMs) such as pervious surfaces and rain gardens/bioretention can be used to mitigate the ground level thermal loads from stormwater runoff. Laboratory methods in this study captured and infiltrated simulated stormwater runoff from four infrared heated substrate microcosms (pervious concrete, impervious concrete, permeable concrete pavers, and turf grass), and routed the stormwater through rain garden microcosms. A data logging system with thermistors located on, within, and at exits of the microcosms, recorded resulting stormwater temperature flux. Researchers compared steady state temperatures of the laboratory to previously collected field data and achieved between 30% to 60% higher steady state surface temperatures with indoor than outdoor test sites. This research helps establish baseline data to study heat removal effectiveness of pervious materials when used alone or in combination as a treatment train with other stormwater control measures such as rain gardens/bioretention.
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Stevenson, Deborah. "The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smith." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 73, no. 2 (2019): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2019.0708.

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Volkova, V. V. "Reproduction of tropical water lilies." Agrarian science, no. 2 (April 7, 2021): 68–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2021-345-2-68-70.

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The study of coastal and aquatic tropical flora as part of the conservation of world biodiversity is the main purpose of research in botanical gardens. Conservation of plant collections involves a continuous process of plant reproduction. This means searching for ways of reproduction that are most effective for a particular group of plants and optimal timing of obtaining adult specimens. Generally accepted methods for seed (T. A. Rabotnov) and vegetative reproduction were used; for Nymphaea x daubeniana (viviparous water lily) was used the Sean Stevenson method. During 2017-2020 in the Stavropol Botanical Garden was conducted an experiment to study the reproduction of tropical water lilies in protected ground conditions. An artificial pond with a water mirror area of 85 m2 is located in a greenhouse, heated from October to April. Cross-pollination occurs during the mass flowering period (June-July, with illumination up to 93.5•103 kilolux), seed maturation occurs within 58±4 days, and seedlings bloom in 7-8 months. The moderate correlation was established between the soil composition and the intensity of flowering (p < 0.4) and the formation of nodules (p < 0.4). The absence or short flowering of water lily varieties and the mass of nodules (150-300 g) contributes to the formation of more planting material (up to 12 or more pieces). The vegetation period for 99% of the studied plants is 1478±26 days, for the species Nymphaea gigantea it is 887±15 days. Regardless of the species and variety of tropical water lilies, reproduction by daughter nodules formed at the base of the main tuber occurs throughout the growing season.
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Krokhmal, I. "The concept of forecasting success introduction herbaceous perennials in the Ukraine heath." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Series: Biology 71, no. 1 (2016): 66–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728_2748.2016.71.66-77.

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The concept of forecast success introduction of herbaceous perennials in the Ukraine steppe, and new approaches to their introduction, which is the basis of introduction and increase environmental capacity of the region. The concept provides a theoretical basis for updates, updating and improving the collection funds of botanical gardens of the steppe zone, the mobilization of new species to expand their range to regions of landscape architecture. The criteria of success of the introduction of species and developed a system of evaluation of their adaptive capacity to the conditions of the introduction of the region, designed to analyze fitness herbaceous perennials both introduced and native flora, taking into account the totality of important adaptive plant signs (44 signs), including morphological and anatomical indicators of vegetative organs and their allometric parameters, correlation of functional traits of plants, the ability of plants to the formation of hybrid seedlings, their allelopathic activity.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Heather gardens"

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O'Connor, Clémence. "'Pour garder l'impossible intact' : the poetry of Heather Dohollau." Thesis, St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/791.

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Books on the topic "Heather gardens"

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T, Wulff Ella May, ed. Gardening with hardy heathers. Timber Press, 2008.

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Conifers and heathers: For a year-round garden. Floraprint, 1986.

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Society, Royal Horticultural. Award of Garden Merit: Rock garden and alpine plants : hardy herbaceous plants : trees and shrubs : plantsfor heated glass. Royal Horticultural Society, 1993.

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Heather Angels Wild Kew. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2010.

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Toogood, Alan. Collins Garden Guide: Heathers and Heaths (Collins Aura Garden Handbooks). HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.

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Bloom, Adrian. Guide to Garden Plants. 5th ed. Jarrold Publishing, 1985.

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P, Knight F., Knight F. P, Bond John 1949-, and Pearson Robert, eds. Heathers, conifers, and the winter garden. Cassell, 1995.

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Collins Aura Garden Gd Heath Heath. Collins, 1993.

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Hinds, William. Garden Adventure: How a Solar Water Heater Works. William Hinds, 2001.

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Heath Robinson - How to Make a Garden Grow. Bodleian Library, 2016.

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Book chapters on the topic "Heather gardens"

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Gänzl, Kurt. "NOUVER, ELIZABETH [PEARSON, Elizabeth] (b Newton Heath, Manchester, c 1846; d 9 Lichfield Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, 4 June 1888)." In Victorian Vocalists. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315102962-61.

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"Ericaceae (Heath Family)." In The Hawai'i Garden. University of Hawaii Press, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780824846718-026.

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"HEATHER, John (fl. 1760s)." In Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b12560-780.

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Hardy, Thomas. "Chapter V The Journey across the Heath." In The Return of the Native. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/owc/9780199537044.003.0037.

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Thursday the thirty-first of August was one of a series of days during which snug houses were stifling, and when cool draughts were treats; when cracks appeared in clayey gardens and were called earthquakes by apprehensive children; when loose spokes were discovered in the...
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Falck, Susan T. "The Battle of the Hoopskirts." In Remembering Dixie. University Press of Mississippi, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496824400.003.0007.

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This chapter details the courtroom battle that erupted in 1941 between the Natchez Garden Club and Pilgrimage Garden Club, dubbed by the media as “The Battle of the Hoopskirts.” The dispute began when the rival clubs clashed over overlapping home tour schedules. But much more was at stake than a heated court hearing to determine tour dates. The clubwomen of Natchez were battling for the control and spoils of their town’s cultural image. The issue was not so much a differing definition of the past as much as a conflict over who would control the presentation of that past and the marked differences in lifestyles and ideals that polarized the warring factions. The opposing clubs agreed on the end product—a highly romanticized, whitewashed image of the Old South mirrored by popular culture of the era but differed on the management of that past as a marketable commodity.
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Flower, Harriet I. "Epilogue." In The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden. Princeton University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691175003.003.0005.

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The characteristic ubiquity of lares in the Roman home, town, and countryside is matched by the impressive survival of their cults throughout antiquity. Most of the previous discussion has investigated lares in republican and early imperial times, but they survived well into the world of late antiquity, despite increasingly heated competition from an army of new and exotic gods, some of whom made elaborate promises of personal salvation and a future life of bliss. This epilogue draws upon a section of the Theodosian Code (published on February 15 AD 438) to provide a fitting way to conclude this study, which considered many small case studies and individual pieces of evidence to offer a mosaic picture of life with lares. The Theodosian Code here quotes a law promulgated on November 8 AD 392 at Constantinople that bans traditional Roman practices.
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Maxwell, William J. "Consciousness of FBI Ghostreading Fills a Deep and Characteristic Vein of African American Literature." In F.B. Eyes. Princeton University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691130200.003.0006.

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This part argues that Afro-modernist literature “pre-responded” to FBI inspection, internalizing the likelihood of Bureau ghostreading and publicizing its implications with growing bluntness and embellishment over the years from 1919 to 1972 and beyond. Thus, the fifth and last of the book's five theses, and the one that finally involves closer encounters with black poems, stories, essays, and novels than with their silhouettes in FBI files: Consciousness of FBI ghostreading fills a deep and characteristic vein of African American literature. Section 1 examines decisive responses to FBI surveillance in both the early journalism and the foundational poetry of the Harlem movement. Section 2 charts the FBI's migrant status in Afro-modernism from the mid-1930s through the early Cold War. Section 3 focuses on the expatriate trio of Richard Wright, William Gardner Smith, and Chester Himes, and their interlocking fictions of Paris noir in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Section 4 widens its focus, owing to the profusion of black Bureau writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The final section sketches African American literature's less heated skirmish with the FBI after Hoover's death—a skirmish now led by black women including Ai, Audre Lorde, Danzy Senna, and Gloria Naylor.
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Conference papers on the topic "Heather gardens"

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Mitchell, Nicholas, Kristin Miller, C. S. Wei, Runar Unnthorsson, William Foley, and Robert Dell. "Design of a Low-Power Quadruped Robot for Remote Data Acquisition in a Heated Garden." In ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2016-68177.

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The authors have developed test beds heated green roofs in New York City and geothermal heated gardens in Iceland using waste heat. A thermoelectric generator developed by the authors for these gardens currently provides more than 6 watts of steady state power. This sustainable power source is independent from the grid and is used for web cameras. The test beds need a mobile, web-accessible robot platform for additional monitoring that is battery-charged by the thermoelectric generator. This robot’s power consumption must match the constraints of the thermoelectric generator’s output. This paper presents the design and construction of a low-power walking quadruped robotic platform with a specifically designed walking algorithm. The robot will eventually provide the needed web accessible remote monitoring and maintenance capabilities for the test beds. Remote supervision and control of multiple heated green roofs and heated gardens will be possible from a central location.
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Dell, Robert, Runar Unnthorsson, C. S. Wei, and William Foley. "Repurposing Waste Steam and Hot Water to Accelerate Plant Growth in Heated Green Roofs." In ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2013-65200.

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Municipal steam district heating services such as New York City’s Consolidated Edison’s have no recirculation system. The waste heat, usually in the form of steam condensate and hot water, is mixed with and cooled by municipal potable water. Since 2006, The Center for Innovation and Applied Technology and The Laboratory for Energy Reclamation and Innovation at the Cooper Union have been developing a system to use this thermal pollution to heat the growth medium of green roofs. The authors have also constructed three geothermal heated gardens systems in Iceland. American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) specifications for heated sidewalks were referenced in all locations. The heated green roofs have the potential to save more than 2,000,000 cubic meters of potable water if applied to 40% of Consolidated Edison’s steam customers. Plant growth is often accelerated by 20% or more in all locations.
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Dell, Robert, C. S. Wei, Raj Parikh, Runar Unnthorsson, and William Foley. "Designing and Installing a Retrofit Heated Green Roof Using Either Co-Gen Waste Hot Water or Municipal Waste Steam Heat as Energy Source." In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-39066.

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Municipal District Heating Services and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems can produce waste heat in the form of steam condensate and hot water. The authors have developed a system to use this thermal pollution to heat the soil and growth medium of green roofs and outdoor gardens. The system enables plant life to survive colder climates and increases growth often in excess of 20% (Power2013-98172). In New York City test heated green roofs, the system can save vast amounts of normally required cooling water that is tapped from the overburdened municipal supply (IMECE2013-65200). Existing small scale green roofs in New York City and larger scale heated green roof retrofit in New York City is presented to indicate additional construction details, thermal considerations, and potential code compliance considerations.
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Dell, Robert, C. S. Wei, Raj Parikh, Runar Unnthorsson, Nicholas Mitchell, and William Foley. "Design and Construction of a Heated Garden System Utilizing Steam Condensate From an On Site Boiler." In ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2016-68180.

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Municipal District Heating Services and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems can produce waste heat in the form of steam condensate and hot water. The authors have demonstrated (IMECE2014-39066) the potential of open field heating of green roofs to reduce thermal pollution, save potable water, and while increasing plant growth. Subsequent research in both Iceland and New York City using similar systems has resulted in the growth of out of region plants. The latest plant growth results are detailed. The latest research has indicated additional potential impediments, including the need for an additional CHP system pump. A thorough structural analysis on existing older roofs is necessary to avoid an overstressed roof. Substantial UV shielding of the plastic piping and upgrading of the pipes from braided PVC to PEX(a) was also needed. The details of selecting an appropriate heat exchanger were analyzed for a specific building and associated construction details are provided.
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Dell, Robert, Runar Unnthorsson, C. S. Wei, and William Foley. "Waste Geothermal Hot Water for Enhanced Outdoor Agricultural Production." In ASME 2013 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2013-98172.

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In Iceland there is a super abundance of waste hot water from geothermal power plants. Some of this is re-purposed (sequentially used) for district heating and heated swimming pools. This vast underused energy source can also enable the growth of out of zone plants, enhance agricultural production by 20% and extend the growing season. The authors have developed and field tested an energy intensive shallow system of bottom heat using the existing heated sidewalk materials. Tomatoes that do not survive outdoors in Iceland have produced ripe fruit. A zucchinis harvest was documented and the test banana plant was still alive in September after the first frost. These plants all died in the control garden which had the same piping system, and identical soil types and depths. Heat transfer data, infrared analysis and plant growth data were gathered to preliminarily document and quantify the system’s viability and market potentials.
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Satoh, Koyu, Naian Liu, Qiong Liu, and K. T. Yang. "Preliminary Study of Fire Spread in Cities and Forests, Using PMMA Specimen as a Fuel in CFD Simulations." In ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2009-10037.

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It is important to examine the behavior of forest fires and city fires to mitigate the property damages and victims by fires. There have been many previous studies on forest fires where the fire spreading patterns were investigated, utilizing artificial satellite pictures of forest fires, together with the use of corresponding weather data and GIS data. On the other hand, large area city fires are very scarce in the world, particularly in modern cities where high-rise concrete buildings are constructed with sufficient open spaces. Thus, the examples of city fires to be referred are few and detailed investigations of city fires are limited. However, there have still been existing old cities where traditional houses built with flammable material such as wood, maybe historically important, only separated with very small open spacing. Fires may freely spread in those cities, once a big earthquake happens there and then water supply for the fire brigade is damaged in the worst case along with the effect of strong wind. There are some fundamental differences between the forest fires and city fires, as the fuel may distribute either continuously or discretely. For instance, in forest fires, the dead fallen leaves, dry grasses and trees are distributed continuously on the ground, while the wooden houses in cities are discretely distributed with some separation of open spacing, such as roads and gardens. Therefore, the wooden houses neighboring the burning houses with some separation are heated by radiation and flames to elevate the temperatures, thus causing the ignition, and finally reaching a large city fire. The authors have studied the forest fire spread and are planning to start a laboratory experiment of city fire spreading. In the preliminary investigation, a numerical study is made to correlate with the laboratory experiment of city fire propagation, utilizing the three-dimensional CFD simulations. Based on the detailed experimental analysis, the authors are attempting to modify the three dimensional CFD code to predict the forest fires and city fires more precisely, taking into account the thermal heating and ignition processes. In this study, some fundamental information on the city fire propagation has been obtained, particularly to know the safe open spacing distances between the houses in the cities and also the wind speed.
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