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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Living walls"”.
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Living walls : building with cob
There's an interesting phenomenon happening on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada- particularly on southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Groups of women, couples and families are going back to the roots of craftsmanship to build their own houses. These houses are not your typical …
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A MORE COMPLETE STREET A STREET FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, NORTH EAST STREET, FREDERICK, MARYLAND – A DESIGN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT STREET DESIGN THEORIES
… economic types and convenience of people’s living. Second, design and plans will propose bike lanes, separate driving lanes from sidewalks and bike lanes by street tree planters, and narrow driving lanes to reduce vehicular traffic volume and speed in order to reduce pedestrian and vehicle …
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Vertical Green and its impact on the building energy and CO₂ balance
… green façades have lower CO2-eq emissions than living walls, while providing simi-lar CO2-eq savings. However, only a few species-specific studies have addressed the rele-vance of biomass production and indoor cooling for CO2-eq savings with green façades. Therefore, this dissertation addresses …
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Vertical greening in urban built environments
… this translated to surface flux reductions, with living wall application offering the most (84-90%), followed by green façade application (37-44%). Such reductions could translate to energy use savings if the occupied environments implement mechanical cooling. This was exemplified by the indoor …
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SMALL SCALE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. The environmental impacts within a context of tropical megacities, with a focus on Sao Paulo’s public Schools
… the importance of having taller ones. The living walls are the best-performing vegetation element regarding air pollution, while also enhancing thermal comfort. Additionally, solid boundary walls protecting the site from pollutant sources are shown to be essential in reducing pollution in …