Building Trellis

Here’s a metal trellis covering an entire facade of a building creating a green screen. The climbing Jasmine plants are slowly growing over the building which will result in insulating the the building slightly in winters and shading/cooling it in summers. From Frank:

It is made from a steel grid where climbing plants grow that creates an uninterrupted screen over the entire length of the building, embracing the lateral elevations and connecting to the rear courtyard façade.

Green screen

Green curtain

The length of the vertical gardens in all of Kyocera Group locations are 294m (965ft), which actually covers a total area of 775m² (8,342ft²). The growth of these Green Curtains will be able to absorb roughly 2,713kg-CO₂ (5981lb-CO₂) per year, or roughly the same amount as 194 cedar trees.

June 15

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July 24

I can’t believe how quickly the vines covered that space. Those must be some ridiculously quick growing vines.

For the energy savings of this living wall/green curtain, Kyocera found that the Green Curtains can decrease the temperature by as much as 15 degrees C (27 degrees F). That’s amazing.