Innovation in Green Facades: An up-to-date look at 20 years in North America

Innova&ons in Green Facades: An up‐to‐date look at 20 years in North America

Dean Hill, ASLA Director of Sustainability greenscreen®

GREEN WALL TECHNOLOGIES

GREEN FACADES:

LIVING WALLS:

Tension Cables

Fabric Hydroponic

Cable Net

Modular Fabric Hydroponic

Two Dimensional Wire Grids

Pre‐vegetated Fabric Panels

Three Dimensional Wire Panels Hybrid Planters With Structure

Fabric Soil Containers Modular Soil Based Panels Modular Soil Boxes Fabric Hydroponic BiofiltraIon Wall

green facade wall systems

living wall systems

consideraIons 

scalability 

costs

technical 

engineering

horIcultural

maintenance 

replacement

GREEN FACADES + INNOVATION

• Green facade walls cool the exterior of buildings by as much as 25 degrees F. • Green facade walls reduce indoor air temperatures by reducing the heat flux into the building’s exterior walls and indoor space.

• Maintaining healthy, vigorous plants on a green facade wall can reduce exterior wall temperatures, thereby saving money on cooling costs.

• Green facade walls can improve the energy balance of buildings through reflectance and transpiraIon.

sustainable sites IniIaIve review

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LEED® review

life cycle assessment

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LCA

SI details

research

SEEK compliant models

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conInuing educaIon

plant list

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