Global trend in research related to energy efficiency for the implementation of green roofs in buildings: Importance of its development on the Colombian Caribbean coast
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https://doi.org/10.15665/rp.v20i1.2499Keywords:
Energy efficiency, Green roof, Bibliometric, environmental sustainability, energy efficiency.Abstract
The global trend of research related to energy performance due to the implementation of green roofs in buildings was evaluated through a bibliometric quantification based on the scientific literature available in the Scopus database. Finding an increase in publications from 2010. The United States and Italy are the most productive countries. High collaboration is observed, mainly between authors and institutions. The review articles are the ones that manage to capture the attention in the new studies, the pattern in the citations shows the route of interests in the development of the area. With the present analysis, it seeks to publicize the nature and growth of the research field so that regional universities are interested in exploring this technology.
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