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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