Vertical Greening Systems as Habitat for Biodiversity

Mayrand, Flavie; Clergeau, Philippe; Vergnes, Alan; Madre, Frédéric

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-812150-4.00021-5

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“…VGS have been shown to function as a habitat for many invertebrate species, including insects and spiders. However, their functioning as a habitat for vertebrates, like birds and bats has not been rigorously proven [54]. Their effect on flora is mostly related to the choice of plant species used in the VGS.…”

Section: Biodiversitymentioning

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Is the sustainability potential of vertical greening systems deeply rooted? Establishing uniform outlines for environmental impact assessment of VGS

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Section: Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Is the sustainability potential of vertical greening systems deeply rooted? Establishing uniform outlines for environmental impact assessment of VGS

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“…They create a microclimate by producing changes in ambient conditions such as temperature and humidity of air layers and airflow in the proximity of the building skin [17]. Moreover, they enhance biodiversity [18,19] both for flora and fauna, decrease noise level [20], and supply food [21,22]. Due to their visual impact, they also contribute to wellbeing and healing physical and mental health [23,24].…”

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confidence: 99%

Vertical Green Structures to Establish Sustainable Built Environment: A Systematic Market Review

2022

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Vertical Green Structures (VGS) emerged as a building skin Nature-based Solution (NbS) aside from green roofs. The motivation underlying this VGS exploitation is fast urbanisation and the need to limit both land consumption and vegetation loss. These structures can provide several ecosystem services like air purification, biodiversity enhancement, and noise reduction. Although the usage of VGS offers different versatile and multi-scalar benefits in the built environment, they still need to respond to all the requirements of social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Over the last decades, technologies of VGS have been developed and new product types have become available in the market. This paper presents the overall development and benefits of VGS, and aims to provide a taxonomy by considering a systematic and interdisciplinary approach. The current market overview analyses and compares different aspects (i.e., environmental and economic features) of the products for a better understanding of the current state-of-the-art—from single component to system scale. The findings of this review lead to some suggestions to enhance the level of sustainability and increase the potential benefits. They look at both research and practice requirements to orient the users in selecting the most optimal VGS solution available in the market.

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“…In recent years, the purification and thermal effects of green plants on the urban environment have received increasing attention in the academic community [5][6][7]. Their ecological effects have also been verified, such as pollution reduction [8,9], noise reduction [10][11][12], increase in biodiversity [13][14][15], and energy consumption reduction [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Relevant research studies are mostly focused on outdoor greening, such as three-dimensional greening in urban centers [23], greening of roofs [24], and building skins [25].…”

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The Impact of Indoor Living Wall System on Air Quality: A Comparative Monitoring Test in Building Corridors

Shao

Zhou

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Living wall systems have been widely recognized as one of the promising approaches for building applications due to their aesthetic value and ecological benefits. Compared with outdoor living wall systems, indoor living wall systems (ILWS) play a more vital role in indoor air quality. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ILWS on indoor air quality. In an office building, two parallel corridors were selected as comparative groups. A 10.6 m2 ILWS was installed on the sidewall of the west corridor while the east corridor was empty. Some important parameters, including indoor air temperature, relative humidity, concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), and particulate matter (PM) were obtained based on the actual environment monitoring. According to the statistical analysis of the data, there were significant differences in the concentrations of CO2 and PMs in the corridors with and without ILWS, which indicated that CO2 and PM2.5 removal rate ranged from 12% to 17% and 8% to 14%, respectively. The temperature difference is quite small (0.13 °C on average), while relative humidity slightly increased by 3.1–6.4% with the presence of the ILWS.

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Vertical Greening Systems as Habitat for Biodiversity

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Is the sustainability potential of vertical greening systems deeply rooted? Establishing uniform outlines for environmental impact assessment of VGS

Is the sustainability potential of vertical greening systems deeply rooted? Establishing uniform outlines for environmental impact assessment of VGS

Vertical Green Structures to Establish Sustainable Built Environment: A Systematic Market Review

The Impact of Indoor Living Wall System on Air Quality: A Comparative Monitoring Test in Building Corridors

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