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Edibles from ZENGROW vertical garden in restaurant Bravuria, Finland.

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Read more about ZENGROW wall garden here: www.zengrow.com

If you want ZENGROW wall garden at your restaurant contact us:  info(a)viherasema.com

If you want to eat in the restaurant Bravuria find more information here: www.bravuria.fi

 EcoWalls is creating a green footprint in urban environments.  We offer our clients a unique opportunity to connect with nature in unexpected spaces by creating lush gardens on building facades, freestanding structures, and other vertical surfaces.  We are a full service firm specializing in manufacturing, designing, installing, and maintaining living walls.  [...]]]>  

Using Your Wall As Nature's Canvas

 EcoWalls is creating a green footprint in urban environments.  We offer our clients a unique opportunity to connect with nature in unexpected spaces by creating lush gardens on building facades, freestanding structures, and other vertical surfaces.  We are a full service firm specializing in manufacturing, designing, installing, and maintaining living walls.  We offer the highest quality products and services in the industry.  Our company also provides training to design professionals so that they may extend our products, knowledge, and services to their own clients.

We work closely with architects and designers to create a living art piece using live plant materials, and help them to bring the project to life.

Website:  www.plantwalldesign.com

Email: laurent.corradi@plantwalldesign.com

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Drexel University - Papadakis Integrated Science Building

NEDLAW Living Walls has completed the installation of the largest known active living wall in the United States. The 1570-plus square foot structure is located at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was designed and installed as part of the new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building.

According to Dr. Alan Darlington, president of NEDLAW Living Walls, more than 1100 individual plants and 20-plus different plant types were used to fill the wall. “The active living wall at Drexel University is some 70 feet tall and over 22 feet wide,” says Darlington, noting that the wall, which incorporates the patented NEDLAW Living Walls biofilter system, is capable of generating between 16,000 and 30,000 cubic feet of ‘virtual’ outside air per minute.

The Drexel University wall was designed by NEDLAW Living Walls in collaboration with Toronto-based Diamond and Schmitt Architects as a key component of the sustainable design features of the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, which is targeting LEED Silver designation for energy efficiency. The six-story, 150,000 square-foot building will house 44 research and teaching laboratories for biomedical engineering, biology and organic chemistry, and a fossil preparation lab. Principal architect, Donald Schmitt, says the goal of incorporating the five-story active living wall is to “set a new standard of architectural and sustainable design excellence, one that will engage students and faculty alike in an interactive environment for learning and research.”

According to Dr. Donna Murasko, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University, “the living wall not only improves the overall learning environment, but also creates an opportunity for further research into even higher quality living walls in the future.”

Darlington notes that the benefits of an active living wall extend well beyond its aesthetic contribution to the space it inhabits. “Traditionally, air quality systems in buildings replace used, ‘dirty’ indoor air with new outside air. In the summer, this new air must be cooled and in the winter it must be heated before being distributed. This conditioning of the new air represents a substantial portion of the energy costs of a building. An active living wall supplies the same quality air as what you would get outside, at a fraction of the energy cost.”

The patented biofilter system, which appears as a plant wall, is also effective at removing a number of airborne gaseous pollutants that negatively impact indoor air quality. It does this by connecting to the building’s air handling system that is used to draw ‘dirty’ indoor air over the root zone of the plants. As part of this process, the beneficial micro-organisms that make their home in the root zone of the plants, use the airborne pollutants as food and break them down into water and carbon dioxide.

Installation of the active living wall in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel University is now complete, with an official opening scheduled for September 20th, for the upcoming academic year.

For More on this project visit www.naturaire.com.

(BOGCHS).  The students of Lafayette College selected EcoWalls based on the company’s philosophy [...]]]> On August 23^rd, 2011, the EcoWalls team was chosen by Lafayette College students to participate in the Davis Projects for Peace Grant to build and install a mobile, educational living wall and integrate their green product into the urban classroom at the

(BOGCHS).  The students of Lafayette College selected EcoWalls based on the company’s philosophy and passion for green design and sustainable architecture.

Mr. Steven King, Founder and Director of the Sustainability and Programs at BOGCHS, believes this project based curriculum will, “help young people to become involved in the conversation on sustainability so they can effectively analyze the problems their generation will face”.  To that end, EcoWalls continues to be instrumental in applying and promoting sustainable practices; using their living walls as educational tools to promote environmental understanding and awareness.

The EcoWalls Mobile Living ClassroomStudents helping to release fsh into the aquarium of the living wall

Students helping to release fsh into the aquarium of the living wall

Nedlaw Living Walls Inc. is the world leader in Indoor Air Biofiltration.  With over 10 years  of experience and more than 150 installations throughout North America, Nedlaw has emerged as a leader in the field. With installations at high profile clients like Google HQ, SunLife Financial, Bell Canada and over 35 high profile Universities, Nedlaw’s [...]]]>

Nedlaw Living Walls Inc. is the world leader in Indoor Air Biofiltration.  With over 10 years  of experience and more than 150 installations throughout North America, Nedlaw has emerged as a leader in the field. With installations at high profile clients like Google HQ, SunLife Financial, Bell Canada and over 35 high profile Universities, Nedlaw’s experience is second to none.  For more on our Form and Function visit our Website.

Website: www.naturaire.com

The system, which was made by Paisajismo Urbano, has been improved taking into consideration works by Patrick Blanc. One characteristic of [...]]]> Nacho Solano, manager of  Paisajismo Urbano, shows us the results of the first vertical garden put inside a building: 25 m2 of garden where you can observe its operation and characteristics.

The system, which was made by Paisajismo Urbano, has been improved taking into consideration works by Patrick Blanc. One characteristic of these kinds of gardens is that they don’t allow the proliferation of insects or bacteria, since the system bears a biological repellent.

Water usage is minimal since the excess water returns to be collected and used for subsequent irrigation through a closed loop that recirculates the water.These gardens require little maintenance and operating because they work with the principle hydroponics. The only maintenance needed is a periodic review of facilities and any pruning.

Matt has a detailed video here of how he created a living wall Patrick Blanc style. You can visit his site for more information about how he made his living wall. First, here’s the video of how it was made:

Below are some details that Matt so generously provided about his indoor [...]]]>

Matt has a detailed video here of how he created a living wall Patrick Blanc style. You can visit his site for more information about how he made his living wall. First, here’s the video of how it was made:

Below are some details that Matt so generously provided about his indoor living wall installation in his New York apartment:

• The first layer is the frame. Usually that’s made of aluminum or wood. Then there’s a waterproof layer of plastic. Lately I have been using recycled corrugated polyethylene sheeting; 2 sheets 6mm thick layered to make 12mm.
• The seams  of the plastic were sealed with silicone. So were the screws. Just a dab of silicone on the screw head keeps the water from escaping out the back. Our basin was made from PVC ( a material I wouldn’t use again due to it’s environmental impact). It was glued together with special glue. The shape is quite unusual because it ducks under our cabinet at one point. Also it’s curved to match the shape of the wall. Most basins will be much simpler.
• The felt is 3/16″ thick and in his experience has been thick enough. I have seen some Blanc walls that have used an even thinner material. The material is stapled to to the plastic in two layers. The cuts for pockets are only made to the first layer.
• We cut 5 inch pockets separated by only 2 inches in between. Then we staggered the rows vertically and separated them by 4 inches. The plants we used were from 3 inch pots.
• The dirt from the pot is left around the roots when planting, but no extra dirt is added.
• It’s important to have a filter on your irrigation system. Mine never really had one and I wasn’t very good at keeping dirt and plant matter out of my basin. Periodically I would have to take down my irrigation hose and clean out the clogged holes with a paperclip while running water through it. This was a time consuming process… so I added a filter.
• The pump waters the vertical garden 7 times (every 2 hours) a day for 2 minutes per watering.
• I use compact fluorescent bulbs. They are NOT full spectrum. I think they may be “cool white”. From “Ecology of the planted aquarium” by Diane Walstad she shows that “cool white” is almost as good as full spectrum for growing plants.