A Vertical Green Wall Wall

Why Living Wall?

Beautiful: Colorful, FragrantCreate Wellness: Clean Air, Comfort, Peace, TranquilityInspire: Creativity, Productivity, EnergyProduce: Vegetables, Herbs, FlowersSave and Conserve: Habitat, Energy

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Why LiveWall?

•Most Sustainable

•Durable

•Low Maintenance living wall system

•http://vimeo.com/liveroof/why-livewall

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Vertical Garden Advantages:• Aesthetics

Create Living works of art

• Health benefits

reduce stress and enhance wellbeing.

• Indoor Air Quality

Purify your air

• Leed Credits

• Building Protection

• Energy Savings

• Property Value

• Acoustics

• Sustainability

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Certification• Innovation in Operation

Installing a green wall does not only

Help in gaining Leed points but does it in an innovative way.

This is accomplished by simply incorporating the technology

That nature has provided instead of replying on man made

Solutions, which usually require more energy.

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Live Green Wall• Product contributes energy credits in each of the five

certification categories of leed (leadership in energy and environmental design).

Sustainable sites

• Storm water design

- live wall living wall system can help prevent excess storm water discharge.

- live wall can help to filter and detoxify storm water by removing suspended solids and other pollutants.

- potential credits : SS6.1 Stormwater Design, Quantity Control, 1 point

SS 6.2 Stormwater Design, Quality Control, 1 point

• Heat Island Effect

-LiveWall system can reduce solar reflectance of a structure and significantly lower a building’s temperature

-potential credits :SS7.1 , Heat Island Effect, Non –Roof , 1point

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Live Green WallWater Efficiency

• Water Efficient Landscaping

- live wall requires very little irrigation .

-harvested rainwater, air conditioning condensate and/or foundation drain water can be used to eliminate potable water use and reduce site runoff and wastewater usage.

- live wall always requires irrigation connected.

- potential credits : WE.1 Water Efficient Landscaping , Option 1, 2 points

WE 2.Innovative Wastewater Technologies , option 1 or 2 , 2 points

Energy and Atmosphere

Optimize Energy Performance

-Live Wall system offer substantial energy saving to green homes and green buildings.

- Live Wall system benefits vary with local climate.

-potential credits :EA 1 , Optimize Energy Performance Option 1,2 or 3, 1 9point

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Live Green Wall Installationhttp://youtu.be/Q3aHppH1wCs

Time to Install : 8 hrs

Costing : Varies ( bigger costs less, small costs more (per square foot).

Step by Step Installation• Basic planning – wall suitability for

livewall, type and extent of wall’s breathable moisture barrier.

• VertiRail – vertical aluminum furring tracks will be used in almost all applications -16” to 24” o.c; 8’ length

• Metal Walls – nylon washer/shims as insulators between wall and VertiRails to prevent galvanic reaction.

• http://youtu.be/ypVYbGn5U-M

Step 1 Basic

planning

Step 2Verti Rail

Step 3irrigation strategy

Step 4Creating

design layout

Step 5wall

planter layout

Step 6Indicate

water source

Step 7live wall plants

Step 8Match live

wall to plants

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Step by Step Installation• Lapped patterned walls (cedar, vinyl,

concrete) –nylon shim spacer to bridge VertiRails in low spots .

• Irrigation Strategy – determine irrigation source and drainage tie- in points.

• Creating Design Layout –Live wall teams take care of it.

• Pipe and Fittings – for irrigation feed

• LiveWall Plants – choosing plants appropriate for the wall.

• Match Live Soil to Plants – series of LiveSoils, specific to the particular plant material chosen for the system

• http://youtu.be/ypVYbGn5U-M

Step 1 Basic

planning

Step 2Verti Rail

Step 3irrigation strategy

Step 4Creating

design layout

Step 5wall

planter layout

Step 6Indicate

water source

Step 7live wall plants

Step 8Match live

wall to plants

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Diagram Showing Back

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Design Layout

VertiRail

Irrigation Str.

VertiRail

Diagram Showing Front

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Custom Layouts

WallPlanter Layout

Match LiveSoilto plants

Different Types of kits

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• The "Plus" kits include components for automatic watering.• The advantages of this premium vertical garden system with

automatic irrigation are freedom to come and go and to travel without worrying about daily watering.

• This kit includes everything you need to create a living wall garden on your home or office.

• The LiveWall Sprout is ideal for small to medium sized walls, and make for very inviting complements to entryways.

The EndThank you

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