Innovation in Green Facades: An up-to-date look at 20 years in North America
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Transcript of Innovation in Green Facades: An up-to-date look at 20 years in North America
Innova&onsinGreenFacades:
Anup‐to‐datelookat20yearsinNorthAmerica
DeanHill,ASLADirectorofSustainabilitygreenscreen®
GREENWALLTECHNOLOGIES
LIVINGWALLS:
FabricHydroponic
ModularFabricHydroponic
Pre‐vegetatedFabricPanels
FabricSoilContainers
ModularSoilBasedPanels
ModularSoilBoxes
FabricHydroponicBiofiltraIonWall
GREENFACADES:
TensionCables
CableNet
TwoDimensionalWireGrids
ThreeDimensionalWirePanels
HybridPlantersWithStructure
greenfacadewallsystems
livingwallsystems
consideraIons
scalability
costs
technical
engineering
horIcultural
maintenance
replacement
GREENFACADES+INNOVATION
• Greenfacadewallscooltheexteriorofbuildingsbyasmuchas25degreesF.
• Greenfacadewallsreduceindoorairtemperaturesbyreducingtheheatfluxintothebuilding’sexteriorwallsandindoorspace.
• Maintaininghealthy,vigorousplantsonagreenfacadewallcanreduceexteriorwalltemperatures,therebysavingmoneyoncoolingcosts.
• GreenfacadewallscanimprovetheenergybalanceofbuildingsthroughreflectanceandtranspiraIon.
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conInuingeducaIonresearch
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SEEKcompliantmodelsdetails