FAQ
If you have any questions that we haven’t covered here, please contact us and we’ll do the best we can to answer them.
If you have any questions that we haven’t covered here, please contact us and we’ll do the best we can to answer them.
Living walls won’t reduce the general local air temperature, but will cool the immediate surroundings. McPherson (1994) noted how tests have shown temperature differences of up to 17°C between hard and vegetated surfaces in the same location. A study in Iran showed how a modular living wall system reduced the ambient air temperature by up to 8.7°C. This is due to the evapotranspiration of the soil and plants, where the water droplets released cool the air.
Living walls have been proven to help with carbon sequestration. In fact, a study by University of Dresden found that just 1m2 of living vegetation can remove 2.3kg of CO2 from the air every year. The combination of the soil and carefully selected plants capture and filter airborne pollutants.
Either us (Viritopia) or any other professional consultant on the project would be responsible for designing the living wall.
We don’t recommend that a living wall is maintained by the local community, as you cannot ensure the quality and thoroughness that a living wall requires to stay in full health.
Edible plants can be grown in a living wall, such as strawberry plants and herbs. The living walls at Parr Street, Foundation Park and 2 London Wall Place are good examples of this.