Green walls, or vertical gardens, offer benefits like air purification, temperature regulation, and improved mental health.

Green walls can improve indoor air quality by blocking outdoor pollutants like NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and O3.

Green walls can reduce nitrogen dioxide by 40%, outdoor particulate matter by 60%, and indoor particulate matter by 10%.

Green walls can help regulate temperature, lowering indoor temperatures by approximately 1.8°C.

The choice of plant species for green walls depends on spatial needs and can include climbing or hanging types like lilyturf, Boston ferns, and African violets.

Low-maintenance plants like Sansevieria, Cactus, and others can survive with minimal care and have air-purifying properties.

A vertical green wall's installation cost can range from $200 to $1200 per square meter.

Green walls can last up to 25 years with minimal maintenance and watering.

Green walls can lower utility bills, increase property values, reduce energy consumption by 24-50%, and cut carbon emissions by 33-39%.

Incorporating green spaces, like rooftop gardens and green walls, into urban planning is crucial for a comfortable and healthy environment.

Effective design and installation of green walls require consideration of local climate, geography, and potential natural disasters.

Government and private collaboration is necessary for green infrastructure and sustainable urban development.

Green walls and infrastructure can enhance city resilience to extreme weather and disasters.

Green walls can benefit homes and buildings by improving air quality, regulating temperature, and supporting mental health and sustainable development.

Green walls offer custom design options and quick installation via a modular system.

Maintaining green walls can be cost-effective and time-efficient with low-maintenance plants like dragon's breath, Chinese lantern, and silver grass.

The cost of installing green walls can be mitigated through government subsidies, such as the 400,000 yuan subsidy in Chiayi City.

Suitable plant species, such as lilyturf, Boston ferns, and African violets, are crucial for the success of green walls.

Insufficient light in indoor gardening can cause weak growth, but artificial lights like fluorescent or LED lights can supplement natural light.

Installing and maintaining green walls requires regular maintenance, such as watering, which can be addressed with automatic watering systems.

Green walls can harvest and reuse rainwater, reducing stormwater runoff and improving water quality.

The choice of materials and design of green walls affects their performance and cost.

Green walls have higher initial costs, but offer long-term benefits and savings.

Green walls can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by providing natural air purification.

Green walls can improve air quality in schools, reducing NO2 by 40%, PM10 by 60%, and PM2.5 by 10%.

Green walls can be installed in community centers, kindergartens, and night markets.

The cost of installing green walls in Taichung City is around NT$1.76 million for 358 square meters.

Green walls are a self-sustaining means of air purification requiring minimal upkeep.

Overwatering and underwatering can harm succulents, so a balanced watering schedule is necessary.

Good quality soil is essential for plant nutrients, or a water-soluble enrichment can be used as an alternative to compost.

Regular inspection, pruning, and pest control are necessary to keep the succulent wall healthy.

Choosing succulent varieties with similar light and watering needs can improve the project's aesthetic and ease maintenance.

South-facing walls are ideal for indoor green walls as they receive sufficient light for plants to thrive.

Use a breathable material, like landscape fabric or chicken wire, as a backing to hold soil and plants in place.

The soil should be moist, using a succulent-specific mix or a mix of sand, perlite, and potting soil.

Succulents should be chosen based on their light and watering requirements to create a unique display.

The succulent wall should be watered sparingly with a spray bottle or small watering can to avoid wetting the leaves.

Green walls and infrastructure can reduce the urban heat island effect and improve air quality.

Green walls can improve energy efficiency by integrating with existing building infrastructure like HVAC systems.

Green walls can reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality.

The Singapore pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai features green walls with various plant species.

The pavilion's green walls are maintained by three prototype climbing robots.

Green walls can be integrated with automatic watering systems, as seen at 興嘉國小 school.

Green walls can reduce indoor temperature by about 1.8℃.

Green walls can be integrated with existing building infrastructure through specialized systems.

The '墙上花园' building in Barcelona features a green wall that regulates temperature, purifies the air, and reduces energy costs.

Green roofs and walls can reduce energy consumption and improve air quality, as demonstrated in Dubai's '可持续城' community.

A green wall can last up to 25 years, making it a long-term investment.

Vertical green walls are designed to be ultra-low maintenance, requiring minimal tending and care.

The vertical walls are low-maintenance and require minimal watering.

Green walls can improve indoor air quality, reduce dust, absorb pollutants, and regulate temperature.

The selected plants, including dragon's breath, Rhipsalidopsis, and golden pothos, require minimal maintenance funds and time.

Green walls can reduce NO2, PM10, and PM2.5 concentrations by approximately 40%, 60%, and 10%, respectively.

Green walls can reduce indoor temperature by 1.8°C and O3 concentrations by 30%.

Maintaining green spaces requires the participation and cooperation of multiple stakeholders.

Innovative approaches to green space maintenance can improve quality and promote community engagement.

Well-maintained green spaces can increase property values by up to 5%.

Green buildings can reduce energy consumption by 24-50%, carbon emissions by 33-39%, water by up to 40%, and waste by up to 70%.

Natural materials and design elements can reduce the need for air conditioning and heating.

Green buildings can harvest and reuse rainwater, reducing the burden on municipal water supplies.

Thick walls and insulation can reduce the need for heating and cooling.

Building design and window placement can maximize natural ventilation and reduce air conditioning needs.

In tropical climates, houses should be designed to dissipate heat and humidity while shielding from sun and heavy rainfall.

Latticed structures like brise-soleil or cobogós can block direct sunlight while allowing diffused light and airflow in tropical climates.

Vertical gardens and living walls can provide natural insulation, reduce heat absorption, and improve air quality in tropical climates.

Green walls can reduce nitrogen dioxide by 40% and particulate matter by 60%.

Green walls can reduce indoor particulate matter by 10% and ozone by 30%.

Green walls can lower indoor temperatures by about 1.8°C.

Green spaces are crucial for a comfortable and healthy urban environment.

Architects and urban planners should consider virtual and green spaces to promote community and well-being.

Urban planning should prioritize public spaces like parks and community gardens.

Building design, such as using glass doors and windows, can connect indoor and outdoor spaces and promote community.

In Germany, 'passive houses' are gaining popularity as highly energy-efficient and comfortable buildings that don't require heating or air conditioning.

The 'passive house' concept minimizes heat loss and gain through thick insulation, triple-glazed windows, and airtight construction.

Green walls can help mitigate extreme weather and natural disasters.

Effective design and installation of green walls require consideration of local climate, geography, and potential natural disasters.

Government and private collaboration is necessary for green infrastructure and sustainable urban development.

New Singapore has implemented a biophilic city strategy to coexist with nature and mitigate climate change.

Singapore's biophilic city strategy uses green infrastructure to create connected green spaces.

Urban green spaces increase nearby property prices by an average of £2,500 for houses and flats within 100 meters.

The Land Trust's research estimated that managing green spaces around homes increases house prices by approximately £394 million.

Green buildings can increase property values by 7% compared to traditional buildings.

Green walls can reduce energy consumption by 24-50% and carbon emissions by 33-39%, potentially lowering utility bills and increasing property values.

Green walls offer several benefits, including energy reduction, improved air quality, increased sustainability, fire resistance, and noise minimization, which can increase property values.

The UK government aims for all commercial buildings to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030, potentially boosting property values.

Retrofitting existing buildings is often more energy-efficient, but high upfront costs can be a barrier.

Green walls, or vertical gardens, offer benefits like air purification, temperature regulation, and improved mental health.

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Content: Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Chiayi
The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
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Green walls can improve indoor air quality by blocking outdoor pollutants like NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and O3.

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Content: In order to improve the environmental air quality and let children learn with peace of mind, the Taichung Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has continued to build a clean air green wall in the school. This year, 12 schools in Jianping Elementary School, Juren Elementary School and Chongde Elementary School have received subsidies from the Environmental Protection Department.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau, through the installation of clean air green walls, indoor air quality can be improved. At present, space such as classroom corridors and flower stands outside the daughter wall in Taichung City can be planted, which can achieve the benefits of dust retention, air pollution absorption and temperature regulation.
In order to strengthen the protection of the school environment for children, the Taichung City Environmental Protection Bureau expanded the subsidy for the construction of a clean air green wall on the campus, and the current subsidy amount to 1.76 million yuan, with an area of 358 square meters.
The Environmental Protection Bureau stressed that currently selected plants that can purify the air and do not need to spend too much money and time to maintain include the Dragon Tubeh, the Junzi and Wu Bamboo, the Turtle, the Cannonflower or the Honeysuckle.
How good is the effect of clean air green wall?
According to international research, vertical clean air green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10) by about 40% and 60%. In addition, green walls can also reduce the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in classrooms by about 10% and the concentration of ozone (O3) by about 30%.
Green wall is the most natural and energy efficient air purification facilities, no need to plug in electricity, self-circulation, to achieve the purpose of air purification, can be called the "most environmentally friendly air purifier".
Chen Hongyi, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, said that in addition to blocking outdoor pollutants and improving indoor air, the air green wall can also adjust the temperature and drive energy conservation and carbon reduction. Next year, Taichung City is expected to expand the subsidy target, including community activity centers, public kindergartens and environmental night markets.
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Green walls can reduce nitrogen dioxide by 40%, outdoor particulate matter by 60%, and indoor particulate matter by 10%.

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Content: Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Chiayi
The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green walls can help regulate temperature, lowering indoor temperatures by approximately 1.8°C.

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Content: Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Chiayi
The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

The choice of plant species for green walls depends on spatial needs and can include climbing or hanging types like lilyturf, Boston ferns, and African violets.

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Content: Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County, Chiayi
The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Low-maintenance plants like Sansevieria, Cactus, and others can survive with minimal care and have air-purifying properties.

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Content: Unpretentious seven houseplants.
Easy to grow, easy to care for
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Adding greenery to your home is a great way to create a pleasant atmosphere and improve air quality.
However, not all plants grow easily indoors, and many of them require special care and attention.
If you are just starting out in the world of gardening and are looking for unpretentious plants that will be easy to grow at home, then you are in luck!
The charm of houseplants
Houseplants not only add beauty to the interior of your home, but also contribute to improving air quality and creating a cozy atmosphere.
They can soften the aggressive acoustic properties of rooms and even improve mood and productivity.
However, for novice gardeners, choosing the right plants can be a daunting task.
Here is a list of seven unpretentious houseplants that grow easily and do not require special care.
Sansevieria.
Sansevieria, or "swords-yucca", is one of the most unpretentious plants you can have in your home.
It has decorative green leaves with bright stripes or spots, and can survive even with minimal care.
Sansevieria has the ability to purify the air by removing harmful toxins and humidifying the environment.
Pahira shark.
The pahira shark, or “dollar tree, ” is another great choice for novice gardeners.
It has thick, juicy green leaves that give it a unique shape.
Pahira shark is a succulent plant and requires minimal watering.
It is also a symbol of good luck and prosperity in many cultures.
Ficus.
Ficus, or "rubber tree", is one of the most popular houseplants due to its unpretentiousness and beauty.
The ficus has large, shiny green leaves that create a beautiful green structure.
It can thrive in both bright sun and partial shade, and requires minimal maintenance.
Cactus.
Cactuses are among the most unpretentious houseplants.
They adapt well to dry conditions and do not require frequent watering.
Cacti can have different shapes and sizes, which makes them interesting elements of decor.
They can also thrive in bright light, making them ideal for spaces with lots of sunlight.
Spathiphyllum.
Spathiphyllum, or "female happiness", is a plant with dark green leaves and beautiful white inflorescences.
It grows easily in low light conditions and requires moderate watering.
Spathiphyllum is also a cleansing plant that can improve the air quality in your home.
Asparagus is flaming.
Asparagus flaming, or "Portland asparagus", is an ornamental plant with soft green pinnate leaves.
It can thrive in bright or penumbra lighting, and is easy to prune and shape.
Asparagus flaming is also an unpretentious plant that requires minimal care.
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A vertical green wall's installation cost can range from $200 to $1200 per square meter.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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Content: Reduce water and electricity bills.
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The Social Housing and Real Estate Finance Support Fund aims to build 25,000 green housing units within two years in six cities: the Capital Gardens, New Obour, New October, 10th of Ramadan, New Aswan and Hurghada, according to the Fund ’ s CEO, Mai Abdul Hamid.
In statements to the African Union Conference on Housing, Mai confirmed the start of the implementation of a first set of green buildings in the city of Gardens of the capital, by a thousand units, explaining that it is an experimental model followed by a measurement of the impact of these units on the environment and energy saving in preparation for its dissemination, and adjustments, in the rest of the targeted sites.
The conference, which took place in Cairo a few days ago, witnessed the announcement that the “Green Architecture ” initiative, implemented by the Social Housing Fund, received the“ SHARKROOM ” award for the best innovations and initiatives in the field of housing across the continent, after competing with nine initiatives.
Green architecture reduces energy consumption by 24-50 per cent, carbon emissions by 33-39 per cent, water consumption by up to 40 per cent and solid waste by 70 per cent.
As for the specifications of the green building, Dr. Abbas Al-Zafrani, professor of environmental sustainability and urban planning at Cairo University, explained to Al-Shorouk that it provides energy during the construction and establishment process so that it does not use materials whose production consumes energy intensive, such as relying on red bricks instead of cement bricks.
He explained that the building saves energy consumption during living in it, instead of using aluminum and glass nets to store the sun throughout the day and the use of air conditioners later to discharge its heat, which consumes large energy and emits carbon emissions, can use a window of wood and an umbrella so the residence remains comfortable enough fan to moisturize it.
Zafarani added that the green building also conserves water, not using too much water, and reuses waste water to irrigate nearby gardens instead of pressuring utility networks.
The green building also does not dispose of rainwater in the sewage system, but rather stores it for reuse or for irrigation of gardens.
On the chances of its success in Egypt, he said: « Our old houses were mostly green, so you find the outer wall of the house within 25 centimeters and the windows are shish and glass and not aluminum, as they exist and successful ».
Al-Zafrani points out that the belief that green architecture needs higher expenses than ordinary architecture is not necessarily true, the most important thing from his point of view is to choose the right tools, explaining: "I can make very expensive window of double and triple glass and reflective layers of heat and pay per meter 5 thousand pounds, and I can make ordinary window shish and glass at a cheaper cost, and gives us almost the same result."
In turn, Dr. Hind Farouh, Professor of Environment and Sustainable Urban Development at the National Center for Housing and Building Research, said that the green architecture project takes into account the wind direction and ways to reduce heat, including the percentages of openings in the facades, and takes into account the energy efficiency code, and the reuse of gray water in the irrigation of gardens.
In a video about the project posted on YouTube by the Social Housing Fund, Farouh added: “It also relies on solar energy to feed services, and the thickness of the walls in the buildings is 25 centimeters, with the use of building materials that reduce heat transfer. ”
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Incorporating green spaces, like rooftop gardens and green walls, into urban planning is crucial for a comfortable and healthy environment.

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Content: Architect Su Yu-che and landscape scholar Hung Wo-mo: How to properly return land to nature in today ’ s architectural and urban challenges?
Architect Yu Cher Su (left) and landscape scholar Hung Wo-mo (right) _ Photo Credit: Jimmy Yang
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In the process of urban development, the views of practicing architects on what is an ideal living environment have greatly affected the appearance of the city.
Architect Su Yu-che and landscape scholar Hung Wo-chih believe that the wall-free green space is crucial to urban life today. This article uses the dialogue between the two to describe the possible imagination of the future Taipei space.
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Illustration: Su Yu-che
In the process of urban development, the views of practicing architects on what is an ideal living environment have greatly affected the appearance of the city.
Architect Su Yu-che and landscape scholar Hung Wo-chih believe that the wall-free green space is crucial to urban life today. This article uses the dialogue between the two to describe the possible imagination of the future Taipei space.
Focus on space outside the building
The appearance of the city changes with the needs of the times, and each building can be regarded as a concrete microcosm of people's imagination of urban life.
Su Yu-che pointed out that many communities in Taipei City are currently in the process of urban renewal to demolish old homes and build new homes.
However, the development process of each old street can not be synchronized, and the construction of a house will greatly affect the lives of the surrounding residents if it does not take into account the sunlight, air circulation and spatial movement of the surrounding houses.
In addition to relying on legal norms, construction companies also need to consciously carry out overall thinking and planning in order to create a truly comfortable neighborhood life.
"In the past, the rules of urban development were formulated with architecture as the main body, but the so-called city should be a virtual space outside the building, that is, an" empty "space."
Su Yu-che believes that both the natural environment of the countryside and the built-up areas must be taken into account, and an appropriate "space" should be defined.
Hung further explained that the environmental planning surrounding the building is important for creating a healthy living environment.
The so-called virtual space also includes green space, green space not only can regulate cooling, help carbon emission, but also help to establish a sense of neighborhood, she said: "As long as there is green space in a community, everyone is willing to go outdoors, gather here, create communication opportunities, increase mutual interaction; even if there is no dialogue, because often meet, will also produce a sense of closeness, drawing each other's distance."
Green living room on the first floor
Su Yu-che adds that before all cities became densely populated and paved with man-made construction, they belonged to the primitive state of nature. Nowadays, people like to go to the countryside on holidays and stay away from the cement jungle to meet the original needs of human nature.
Hong Ho-mo pointed out that the Taipei City government advocates “building a green and healthy Taipei ” and has opened a total of 994 parks and green areas with a total area of more than 18.07 million square meters.
The more green space in Taipei's parks, the higher the happiness of residents.
In the city's greening plan, Su Yu-che believes that the most challenging part of the city is the central part of the city or the area with a high concentration of buildings. A shared public space is actually feasible, "he said.
For example, the increasingly popular movable glass doors and windows can be fully opened when the weather conditions are good. In addition to helping to regulate the air and suitable for sub-tropical housing, it can also connect the indoor space on the first floor with the space for outdoor tree planting, so that the greenery is no longer blocked by the wall, and it can also enhance people ’ s intimacy. It is an urban living room that belongs to everyone, and the people on both sides of the glass wall do not know, but in the open space, there is a chance to break the original "you are you, I am me" boundary, so that the interaction is more friendly. 」
Vertical greening makes cities more comfortable
In the past, people often thought that landscape design was only introduced at the end of the project, but in fact, the overall landscape planning should precede the architectural design.
If you want to further green the existing Taipei urban space, you can consider using the old viaducts and elevated railways in New York City, Boston, and Seoul to turn the old viaducts and elevated railways into air parks, and map out the different levels of space, such as pedestrian bridges and roof spaces, so that the city can add more pleasant spaces by way of vertical greening.
According to Hung, in a densely populated urban environment, more green space can be reserved through the combination of green spots (small parks), green corridors (roadway trees or rivers), green surfaces (big parks or water and green resources), or urban renewal. A beautiful and green living environment, a sustainable and livable Taipei city blueprint for the coexistence of bird-language flowers and nature. "
In addition to the construction and maintenance of the park's green space, Hung points out that Taipei has also combined public and private efforts to adopt the park's green space with roadway trees, select plants, and even plan an urban agricultural park where people in the community can grow vegetables and garden together.
She said: “The diverse creativity and vitality of citizens can not only increase the energy of urban development, but also contribute to the sustainable operation of urban greening. ”
In recent years, Taipei City has been making efforts to make the city greener. Our lives can be better, and the city is more beautiful, healthy and safe. "
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Effective design and installation of green walls require consideration of local climate, geography, and potential natural disasters.

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Content: 7 Bioclimatic Façade Strategies for Tropical Architecture

When we think of the word "tropic," the image that typically comes to mind is an exotic space, characterized by perpetual warmth and humidity, with frequent and heavy rainfall nurturing lush vegetation. Throughout history, this tropical climate has been romanticized as a paradise and criticized for potentially fostering weakness due to its perceived clemency.

Thankfully, those judgments and associations have been relegated to the past, paving the way for theoretical and practical projects that outline the advantages and disadvantages of living in a tropical climate. These projects acknowledge the various strategies to enhance human adaptability within these distinctive climatic conditions.

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Certainly, climate is the most pivotal element of the natural environment, as it impacts all geomorphological processes, from soil formation to plant growth. It's this profound interconnection that renders climate change so concerning. Hence, akin to how the natural environment reacts to climate, architecture must also be responsive to it.

In temperate climates, houses typically remain "closed" to shield occupants from harsh weather, retaining warmth. Conversely, in tropical climates, it's essential to "open up" the house to dissipate heat and humidity while shielding it from the sun and heavy rainfall. The abundance of tropical climate and vegetation often encourages outdoor living or greater interaction with nature. The main challenges in tropical architecture involve protecting against rain and direct sunlight, with a focus on strategies to regulate internal temperatures.

Bioclimatic strategies play a crucial role in achieving these objectives. They guarantee that buildings adapt to the local climate, boost energy efficiency, and enhance occupants' comfort. These strategies encompass principles and design techniques that leverage natural elements to establish sustainable architectures. By minimizing buildings' environmental impact and prioritizing occupants' well-being, these strategies collectively contribute to overall sustainability.

Since many of these strategies are implemented at the junction between a building's interior and exterior, we've listed below seven bioclimatic strategies and how they are applied to the facades of residential projects in tropical climates.

Shading Elements

Incorporating shade devices such as brise-soleil, cobogós, or other latticed structures on facades is crucial. These elements effectively block direct sunlight while allowing diffused light and natural airflow. This helps to minimize solar heat gain, reduce glare, and maintain comfortable indoor temperatures.

The Kenz House / Srijit Srinivas Architects

Casa Delta / Bernardes Arquitetura

Vegetation

Introducing vegetation on facades through vertical gardens, living walls, or planters can provide natural insulation, reduce heat absorption, and improve air quality. Plants also contribute to shading and evaporative cooling through transpiration, further enhancing thermal comfort and reinforcing the tropical ambiance within architecture.

Tropical Shed / Laurent Troost Architectures

Stepping Park House / VTN Architects

Ventilation Strategies

In tropical architecture, facades often incorporate operable windows or strategically positioned openings to facilitate cross-ventilation and natural airflow. This design approach effectively reduces humidity levels and improves indoor air quality.

Valley Expansion House / Studio Heya

OF House / Studio Otto Felix

Sun Orientation

Ensuring the correct solar orientation of buildings maximizes natural light penetration while minimizing solar heat gain. In tropical climates, designing buildings with a north-south orientation reduces direct sunlight exposure, particularly during peak heat hours of the day.

The House of Silence / Natura Futura Arquitectura

Country house in Puente Iglesias / Oficina de Arquitectura y Paisaje OAP + MDE estudio

Thermal Mass

Using materials with high thermal mass, such as concrete, stone, or adobe, in facade construction helps absorb and retain heat during the day. The heat stored during the day is gradually released at night, helping to stabilize indoor temperatures and reducing the need for mechanical cooling systems.

Discreet House / Jirau Arquitetura

Earth Farmhouse / Studio Verge

Reflective Surfaces

Using light-colored or reflective materials on facades helps minimize heat absorption by reflecting solar radiation. This reduces the need for cooling and helps mitigate the urban heat island effect.

Nagato House / RASA Architektura

House COVE(R) / TOUCH Architect

Adaptability

By integrating responsive facade systems like adjustable blinds or dynamic shading elements controlled by sensors or automation, buildings can adapt in real-time to environmental conditions. This real-time adjustment optimizes both energy performance and occupants' comfort.

Patio House / Caio Persighini Arquitetura

ABK House / Bernardes Arquitetura

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Cite: Ghisleni, Camilla. "7 Bioclimatic Façade Strategies for Tropical Architecture" [7 Estratégias bioclimáticas aplicadas nas fachadas da arquitetura tropical ] 10 Apr 2024. ArchDaily. (Trans. Simões, Diogo) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1015392/7-bioclimatic-facade-strategies-for-tropical-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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Government and private collaboration is necessary for green infrastructure and sustainable urban development.

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Content: How to find solutions to climate change is an important issue for countries around the world.
The Kaohsiung Municipal Works Bureau invited Damian Tang, former president of the International Association of Landscape Architects in Asia Pacific and chairman of the Standing Committee of the International Association of Landscape Architects, and senior official of the National Parks Authority of the Ministry of National Development of Singapore, to give a speech in Kaohsiung to share the Southeast Asian landscape strategy with the audience.
Tang said that Singapore is a small and densely populated country with a high risk of climate change. Aware of the existential threat that may arise in the future, Singapore has early incorporated disaster prevention policies into its national development strategy, positioning Singapore as a city in nature, and moving towards a biophilic city – using natural design and smart systems and sustainable solutions to support the development of the city. The Chinese landscape system and function, at the same time, require the government and the people to work together to build and strengthen the resilience of the city.
Mr Tang said that Singapore ’ s eco-friendly strategy was to use Green Infrastructure (GI) to create a multi-functional green space network by learning from nature, connecting different spaces in the city with water and green, creating a diverse eco-city, storing, recycling and reusing natural resources through eco-working methods, forming a natural circular system, helping to enhance environmental quality and enhance the environment. Resilience and resilience to the impact of climate change.
In recent years, in response to the impact of global climate change, the country's landscape strategy has leapt to a level that can cope with rapid changes, and the use of low-intensity green foundation construction in limited land and resources will integrate nature into the city and co-exist, which will not only become a national characteristic but also affect the surrounding countries to learn from each other.
Kaohsiung City is located in the tropical and sub-tropical areas. At present, it is facing the influence of extreme weather. At the same time, it will learn from Singapore ’ s experience and serve as a model for subsequent urban transformation and development.
# Singapore # Landscape # Guohui # Ecology # Kaohsiung City

Green walls and infrastructure can enhance city resilience to extreme weather and disasters.

Green walls can benefit homes and buildings by improving air quality, regulating temperature, and supporting mental health and sustainable development.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green walls offer custom design options and quick installation via a modular system.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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Maintaining green walls can be cost-effective and time-efficient with low-maintenance plants like dragon's breath, Chinese lantern, and silver grass.

Maintaining green walls can be cost-effective and time-efficient with low-maintenance plants like dragon's breath, Chinese lantern, and silver grass.

The cost of installing green walls can be mitigated through government subsidies, such as the 400,000 yuan subsidy in Chiayi City.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Suitable plant species, such as lilyturf, Boston ferns, and African violets, are crucial for the success of green walls.

Suitable plant species, such as lilyturf, Boston ferns, and African violets, are crucial for the success of green walls.

Insufficient light in indoor gardening can cause weak growth, but artificial lights like fluorescent or LED lights can supplement natural light.

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Content: 5 Common Indoor Gardening Challenges And Their Solutions

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Updated on Jan 22, 2024, 19:36 IST- 5 min read

Indoor gardening is a wonderful way to bring nature into your home and enjoy the benefits of growing plants all year round. However, it comes with its own set of challenges that can sometimes discourage even the most experienced gardeners. In this article, we will explore five common indoor gardening challenges and provide practical solutions to help you overcome them.

The Growing Trend of Indoor Gardening

In recent years, indoor gardening has gained immense popularity among plant enthusiasts. It allows individuals to create a green oasis within the comfort of their homes, regardless of the outdoor climate. However, indoor gardening comes with its own unique challenges that require careful attention and solutions to ensure the thriving growth of your plants.

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Challenge 1: Insufficient Light

One of the most common challenges faced by indoor gardeners is the lack of sufficient light. Since natural sunlight is limited indoors, providing adequate light for your plants becomes crucial. Insufficient light can lead to weak growth, leggy stems, and poor flowering.

Solution: To overcome this challenge, you can consider the following solutions:

Place your plants near windows with the brightest light exposure.

Use artificial grow lights, such as fluorescent or LED lights, to supplement the natural light.

Rotate your plants regularly to ensure all sides receive equal light exposure.

Challenge 2: Temperature Control

Maintaining the right temperature for your indoor garden can be a tricky task. Fluctuations in temperature can affect plant growth and overall health. Extreme heat or cold can cause stress and even lead to plant damage.

Solution: Here are some solutions to help you maintain optimal temperature levels:

Identify the temperature requirements of your plants and adjust the indoor environment accordingly.

Use thermostats or temperature-controlled devices to regulate the temperature.

Place plants away from drafts and heating or cooling sources that may cause sudden temperature changes.

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Challenge 3: Proper Watering Techniques

Watering plants is a fundamental aspect of gardening, but it can be challenging to strike the right balance. Overwatering or underwatering can have detrimental effects on plant health and growth.

Solution: Follow these guidelines for proper watering:

Learn the specific watering needs of each plant in your indoor garden.

Check the moisture level of the soil before watering.

Provide adequate drainage to prevent waterlogged roots.

Challenge 4: Pest Infestations

Indoor plants are not immune to pests. Common pests, such as aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites, can quickly infest your indoor garden if left unchecked. These pests can weaken your plants and hinder their growth.

Solution: Implement the following measures to tackle pest infestations:

Regularly inspect your plants for signs of pests.

Use organic pest control methods, such as neem oil or insecticidal soap.

Isolate affected plants to prevent the spread of pests.

Challenge 5: Limited Space

One of the significant challenges of indoor gardening is dealing with limited space. As your plant collection grows, finding suitable areas to accommodate them becomes increasingly difficult.

Solution: Here are some solutions for optimizing limited space:

Utilize vertical space by hanging plants or using wall-mounted planters.

Choose compact plant varieties or those that can be trained to grow vertically.

Group plants with similar needs together to make the most of available space.

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Indoor gardening offers a rewarding experience, but it requires addressing common challenges effectively. By understanding the obstacles like insufficient light, temperature control, proper watering techniques, pest infestations, and limited space, you can create a thriving indoor garden. Implementing the suggested solutions will help you overcome these challenges and enjoy the beauty of nature within your home.

FAQs

1. How often should I water my indoor plants? The watering frequency depends on various factors such as plant type, size, and environmental conditions. It is best to check the moisture level of the soil before watering to ensure it is neither too dry nor waterlogged.

2. Can I use regular household lights for indoor gardening? Regular household lights are not sufficient for promoting healthy plant growth. It is recommended to use specialized grow lights, such as fluorescent or LED lights, to provide adequate light intensity and spectrum for your plants.

3. What are some natural remedies for pest control in indoor gardens? Several natural remedies can help control pests in indoor gardens. Neem oil, insecticidal soap, and homemade vinegar sprays are effective in combating common pests. However, always follow the instructions and test them on a small portion of the plant before widespread application.

4. How can I make the most of limited space in my indoor garden? To maximize limited space, consider utilizing vertical space by hanging plants or using wall-mounted planters. Choose compact plant varieties or those that can be trained to grow vertically. Grouping plants with similar needs together can also help optimize space.

5. Can I grow vegetables indoors? Yes, you can grow a variety of vegetables indoors. Leafy greens like lettuce and herbs like basil are well-suited for indoor cultivation. Tomatoes, peppers, and microgreens are also popular choices for indoor vegetable gardening.

In conclusion, indoor gardening comes with its own set of challenges, but with the right knowledge and strategies, you can overcome them. By addressing the issues of insufficient light, temperature control, proper watering, pest infestations, and limited space, you can create a thriving indoor garden that brings beauty and serenity to your home. Remember to adapt the solutions to suit your specific plant needs and enjoy the benefits of a flourishing indoor garden.

Installing and maintaining green walls requires regular maintenance, such as watering, which can be addressed with automatic watering systems.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green walls can harvest and reuse rainwater, reducing stormwater runoff and improving water quality.

The choice of materials and design of green walls affects their performance and cost.

Green walls have higher initial costs, but offer long-term benefits and savings.

Green walls can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by providing natural air purification.

Green walls can improve air quality in schools, reducing NO2 by 40%, PM10 by 60%, and PM2.5 by 10%.

Green walls can be installed in community centers, kindergartens, and night markets.

The cost of installing green walls in Taichung City is around NT$1.76 million for 358 square meters.

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Overwatering and underwatering can harm succulents, so a balanced watering schedule is necessary.

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Content: A fixture of boutiquey hotels and upmarket restaurants, a succulent wall brings the natural world spectacularly indoors. The good news is that they’re not as difficult as they look to create for the home – and the results are always unique.

What you need

Frame; trowel; plants.

The expert

Karl Mok is a design expert and consultant who has been working in the design industry for more than six years. Karl focuses on making design accessible, working at the intersection of architecture, interiors and branding while drawing inspiration from travelling and natural materials.

Step-by-step guide

Step 1

First, you need to determine where you want to install your succulent wall. You need to make sure the location receives enough light for your plants to thrive. South-facing walls are ideal but any with adequate light will work.

Step 2

You can use a variety of frames, including picture frames, shadow boxes, or even a pallet. I recommend choosing one that fits your aesthetic and the size of the wall you want to cover. Charity shops or second-hand stores can be great places to find unique frames that will really make your wall stand out.

Step 3

Once you have your frame, add a backing to hold the soil and plants. I suggest a breathable material, such as landscape fabric and then chicken wire to prevent the soil from falling out. Cut the material to the size of the frame and attach it at the back using a stapler.

Step 4

You then need to fill the frame with soil, making sure it is moist but not soaking wet. You can use a succulent-specific soil mix, or even create your own using equal parts of sand, perlite and potting soil.

Step 5

Now choose your succulents. I suggest selecting a wide variety in different shapes and sizes so you can mix and match them to create a unique and visually appealing display. I always recommend choosing plants that have similar light and watering requirements to make caring for them easier.

Step 6

Using a small trowel or your fingers, create small holes in the soil and insert the succulent roots. Gently pack the soil around the plants to secure them in place before affixing them to your wall. When it comes to caring for your succulent wall, water it sparingly, as succulents don’t like to be over-watered. I recommend using a spray bottle or a small watering can with a narrow spout to avoid getting the leaves too wet.

Top tips

1. Stay dry. Pick an area that gets enough light but don’t forget you also need to accommodate potential water damage. I recommend keeping your succulent wall away from furniture, such as sofas or chairs, and don’t hang it above carpets, which can become soggy and start to smell. While it won’t be a torrential downpour each time you water, popping down a small absorbent mat or towel for a few hours after will protect your floors and furniture.

2. Invest in the best. Good quality soil will help ensure your plants get all the nutrients they need to thrive on their wall garden journey, so take the time to look for the right stuff and don’t skimp. However, I don’t recommend scouring your compost bin as, given the soil won’t be turned over once it’s on the wall, this could make things pongy, so opt for enrichment that can be dissolved in water and sprayed on instead.

3. Go green or go home. You want to make sure you pick only the best succulents for your wall, so look for those with strong stems and bright green leaves when selecting which ones will make it on to your wall display. This means they are healthy and more likely to withstand being, literally, turned on their side.

4. Mix it up. Mixing up the shapes and sizes of your planters can make your succulent wall more dramatic and really cement it as a piece of living art. I recommend using trailing varieties like donkey’s tail (sedum morganianum) on the edges of frames to break up any harsh lines, and bright red lipstick echeveria (echeveria agavoides) to add some bright pops of colour.

5. Layer it on thick. Hanging planters at different levels can make your succulent wall look more dynamic than just having them flat against one another in rows or columns. Use shadow boxes, thicker frames, or add extra wood to the back of certain frames to create a clearly defined platform.

6. Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. Adding hanging decorations such as wind chimes, birdhouses or suncatchers can add more visual interest and an extra layer of dimension and texture.

7. Spray it again. Water your wall only when necessary but don’t let things dry up either. If you’re savvy at DIY you could always install discreet self-watering pots so that everything stays nice and moist without needing constant attention from yourself. Otherwise, a light spray every couple of weeks will suffice but always keep a close eye and top up more if needed.

8. Pest project. Inspect your wall closely every few weeks, looking around stem joints where insects tend to hide so you can get rid of them before they spread. You should also watch out for signs of disease such as discolouration or wilting leaves, which might indicate root rot issues caused by over-watering, or burning from being too exposed to the sun.

9. Cut backs. The great thing about succulent walls is that, as they grow, your living art piece will evolve and get better – but to keep it looking its best, make sure to give it a trim once in a while. This includes removing dead leaves, thinning out any overgrown areas or replacing succulents that are struggling.

And finally… ENJOY! Don’t forget why you started this project in the first place. Make sure to spend time enjoying your little piece of nature, you deserve it.

Five common mistakes

1. Not researching beforehand. Make sure you are committed to this project, as well as the upkeep required, before jumping in. If you’re not sure, try looking after a small handful of succulents before committing to a whole wall.

2. Overwatering. Too much water can lead to root rot.

3. Not making it secure. It might seem simple but too often people underestimate how many fixtures or fittings they may need, leading to a pile of plants and dirt falling down on an unexpected visitor.

4. Over-planting. While you want to make a visual impact, cramming too many succulents in your frames can undermine their growth – and even make them more prone to rot.

5. Ugly planting. Don’t get stuck with a variety that makes you cringe. Living stones (lithops dorotheae), for instance, make people think of brains. Not so bad when the plant is small, but it can look unnerving the larger it gets.

Karl Mok is founder of Friends Studio, friendsstudio.co

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Good quality soil is essential for plant nutrients, or a water-soluble enrichment can be used as an alternative to compost.

Regular inspection, pruning, and pest control are necessary to keep the succulent wall healthy.

Choosing succulent varieties with similar light and watering needs can improve the project's aesthetic and ease maintenance.

South-facing walls are ideal for indoor green walls as they receive sufficient light for plants to thrive.

Use a breathable material, like landscape fabric or chicken wire, as a backing to hold soil and plants in place.

The soil should be moist, using a succulent-specific mix or a mix of sand, perlite, and potting soil.

Succulents should be chosen based on their light and watering requirements to create a unique display.

The succulent wall should be watered sparingly with a spray bottle or small watering can to avoid wetting the leaves.

Green walls and infrastructure can reduce the urban heat island effect and improve air quality.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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In the morning, the sun shines through the gaps in the leaves on the waterwalk in Punggol New Town, Singapore. The morning runners are accompanied by the murmur of water and the sound of insects. The urban jungle concrete buildings in green clothes are also breathing, and the natural face of City in Nature is collaged.
This is Singapore, the southernmost point of the Malay Peninsula, with a reputation as an urban garden. More than 50 years of transformation, it has not only become a city in the garden, which has impressed the international community, but is now moving towards a city that is integrated with nature and breathes together. The key is green architecture that makes Singaporeans proud.
In October 2022, the then Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Huang Xuancai announced a long-term low-carbon development strategy, Singapore's new emission reduction target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest, the government played a leading role in leading the emission reduction action, hoping to meet the target by 2045.
The promotion of green buildings in Singapore is certainly related to the world trend of net zero carbon emissions, and the more important reason is based on sustainable development, but this small urban country, natural resources are scarce, energy depends on imports, to achieve net zero carbon emissions goals, enterprises and individuals have to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Regarding Singapore ’ s promotion of green buildings, Chien Szu-Cheng, an associate professor at the Singapore Polytechnic University (SIT), said that the early impression of Singapore was that it was a garden city in the city, and then transformed into a city in the garden, and now with global climate change, Singapore is striving to become a city in nature (“natural city ”).
Environmental protection and greening have become the basic skills of green building in Singapore, with 80% of the population living in HDB living as if living with nature. Among them, the Waterway Terraces is undoubtedly one of the best examples of green building in Singapore, and won the Singapore Good Design Mark Special Merit Award in 2017.
● Energy saving design of green elements in government buildings
Vincent Tan, who enjoyed breakfast at the restaurant on the first floor, was pleased with the large collection of green elements at Punggol Waterfront Terrace.
He said that Singapore is located in the tropics, perfect ventilation and shade design are the most important design elements, and the Punggol house facing the waterfront is in line with this energy-saving design, which greatly reduces the use of air conditioning.
For the first ecological compartments built by the waterfront, Mr. Chen said that the design concept was inspired by the terraces and incorporated green elements. The green sky garden, the rain garden and the green roof are all in line with the daily life of the compartments. Avoid direct sunlight and natural light.
Even in the afternoon sun, there are still many people jogging along the Punggol Waterfront Bungalow Bypass, cycling and enjoying the "natural city".
The Pinnacle @ Duxton, home to the world ’ s two longest skyscrapers, is an important landmark in Singapore and has been awarded the Presidential Design Award, the highest honor in Singapore, by the Council for High-Rise Architecture and Urban Housing in Chicago.
Nancy, a long-time Filipino resident of Dash Ridge, believes that a large number of green plants make this downtown block green, especially the garden corridor of the 26th and 50th floors, which is 500 meters long, the maximum green space, vertical high-rise green belt homes do not put any pressure on the environment, and a large amount of ventilation system allows the sun to shine in the sky. All power is gone.
Albert Lim, who has been in the construction industry for decades, takes the energy saving point of view as an example, showing that the sky garden model is effective in reducing heat transfer, and even some birds use the sky garden as a resting place.
The renewable energy and environmentally friendly building materials used by the Dash Ridge skyscraper contribute to reducing carbon emissions.
● Green Building Label Towards Zero Energy Building
The Building and Construction Authority of Singapore (BCA) launched the Green Mark in 2005, which aims to make local buildings sustainable and environmentally conscious, with four levels: Certified, Gold, GoldPlus and Platinum.
The Green Building Mark assesses the environmental impact and performance of buildings, reduces the use of energy, water and material resources, and reduces potential environmental impacts such as climate responsive design, building energy performance, resource management, smart and healthy buildings, and promotes green efforts.
The Singapore Green Plan 2030 targets at least 80% of buildings to be low-carbon and environmentally friendly.
Green coverage allows concrete buildings, originally thought to be urban jungles, to coexist with nature.
Currently, about 55% of Singapore ’ s building area is greening, and nearly 20% of new developments are ultra-low energy buildings.
In order to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings in Singapore, the Building Authority has also launched a US $63 million (about NT $2,041.2 million) “Green Building Award Scheme 2.0 ” (GMIS-EB 2.0) for existing buildings as part of the cost of assisting owners in their green transformation.
KeppelBay Tower, a zero-energy commercial building, was awarded the first Green Mark Platinum (Zero Energy) certification in October 2020, featuring a high-performance air-conditioning distribution system, an innovative cooling water management system, integrated sensor technology to optimize fresh air, smart LED lighting solutions and smart building control systems.
In October 2022, KeppelInfrastructure @ Changi Building, part of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings, in Changi Business Park, was upgraded to a more stringent green building after renovation work.
The 1.06 hectare building, which was built in 2013, will undergo retrofitting and facelift from 2021, using efficient air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems, smart sensors, LED lights, electric vehicle charging pile infrastructure and a large area of vertical greening, the Construction Bureau said.
It is worth mentioning that the renovated building has water-saving devices, which greatly reduce water waste, can also collect rainwater for irrigation, and the various waterproof and other systems used in the interior use sustainable green building materials.
Surprisingly, more than 4,000 square meters of solar panels are installed on the roof and the walls of the building itself, generating about 600,000 kWh of renewable energy per year.
This is equivalent to at least 245 tons of CO2 emissions per year, equivalent to planting more than 7,000 new trees.
At least 115% of the energy consumption of a green building ’ s platinum grade positive energy building comes from on-site renewable energy; the building itself is at least 15% more renewable energy than it consumes.
The National Park Service also assisted in the vertical greening project, planting more than 910 square meters of green plants, significantly reducing the heat island effect.
Cindy Lim, chief executive of Keppel Infrastructure, said the revamped building met the highest standards of the Green Building Mark and was the first Singapore building to be awarded Platinum Positive Energy Certification.
DBS also launched the Zero Energy Building on 18 July 2022. The 30-year-old DBS Newton Green Building, located on Bukit Timah Road, was awarded a Platinum Green Building by installing a solar panel roof and low-energy appliances.
Before the renovation, the building consumed 845,000 kWh per year, which is equivalent to the energy consumption of about 200 4-room government blocks per year.
The renovated building uses smart lighting and air-conditioning systems to achieve significant energy savings, with an annual energy consumption of more than 580,000 kWh, while other renewable energy sources can generate 250,000 kWh per year from 1,000 square meters of solar panels installed on the roof.
In addition to enhancing ventilation, green plants covering more than 50% of the exterior walls help the building absorb heat and cool down, and become a habitat for birds and butterflies.
Desmond Lee, the national development minister, said that the DBS zero-energy building reduces carbon emissions by more than 20%, and that greening the building is crucial to further reducing the carbon emissions of the built environment.
● Achieve the 80-80-80 target by 2030
In 2021, Singapore announced a green development blueprint with 80-80-80 targets to achieve 80% green building targets by 2030, 80% of new development projects will be upgraded to ultra-low energy buildings, and the energy efficiency of green buildings will be increased to 80%.
The Shaw Tower is undergoing redevelopment and is expected to be completed by 2025. The renovation project is awarded the Platinum Green Label for ultra-low energy consumption. Through the use of hybrid air conditioning system, smart lighting and power management strategy, energy efficiency can be improved by 60%.%.
Steven Ng, who used to go to Shaw Building for business, said that once the Shaw Building is renovated, it will be like injecting new living water, improving work efficiency with the improvement of the office environment, the most important reason is to greatly save energy, and the renewable energy generated by the rooftop solar panels creates green space for the entire building.
He said that the office space in the building through intelligent system control, not only can monitor the air quality and lighting system, but also the air quality of the office environment can be monitored.
Singapore is committed to creating green building targets with leading indicators to create liveable cities and reduce carbon footprint in response to climate change, said Su Junxu, a builder with decades of experience in construction.
In particular, with regard to the 80% building greening target, Singaporeans must strictly enforce sustainable environmental development regulations, implement green labeling requirements, and use energy data to create green buildings.
There are currently 22 zero-energy buildings in Singapore, eight of which are located at Nanyang Technological University, the largest number of local universities, and Nanyang University is known as the greenest campus in the country.
Kelvin K.F. Law, a scholar at Nanyang Polytechnic University, said that when global warming or climate change, a small and densely populated Singapore with no natural resources is the biggest victim, the Singapore government now has to do to ensure that the next generation can survive, so there will be a lot of green buildings, tree planting, cisterns or solar panels.
Luo believes that many buildings in Singapore have sensors installed in the air conditioning system, when people are indoors to turn on the air conditioning; outdoor green space is everywhere, such as the atrium or the top floor of the building have a lot of greening facilities to reduce the indoor temperature.
Green buildings are in line with the world trend of energy conservation and carbon reduction, and Singapore, which lacks natural advantages, can only deploy ahead of time to achieve its sustainable development goals.
Today, Singapore has quietly switched to green building, focusing on green building to create jobs and a new engine of economic growth on the road to sustainable development.
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The Singapore pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai puts green architecture at the forefront to help visitors appreciate the benefits and possibilities of integrating nature within our urban environments.

Layered with a showcase of greenery, digital solutions and art, the pavilion exemplifies Singapore's vision of becoming a City in Nature, and ethos of sustainable development via innovative and impactful urban solutions.

Yap Lay Bee, Deputy Commissioner-General of the Singapore pavilion and Group Director, Architecture & Urban Design Group at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, said, "The Singapore Pavilion demonstrates the potential to push the envelope to integrate nature, architecture and technology through various design strategies and digital elements.

"We wish to invite visitors to contemplate their relationship with nature as they explore the pavilion's green, digital ecosystem and its artistic representation of the pavilion's integrated system of greenery, water and energy management. In doing so, visitors will be able to appreciate the challenges in realising the Singapore pavilion, and the ways we can co-exist with our natural and built environment, where both people and ecologies are cared for."

The pavilion takes into account the local environment within its Rainforest Cone and the Flower Cone areas to sustain rainforest plants. The growth of the multitude of plant varieties despite the ground conditions demonstrates the possibility for such lush landscapes to thrive in different environments around the world while using renewable resources.

The pavilion also capitalises on technology to augment bold landscaping design. Caring for the varieties of plants within the pavilion is no easy feat, especially those on the curved green walls of the pavilion's iconic cones. To address this challenge, three prototype climbing robots will traverse the green walls around the Flower Cone to inspect the health of the plants, as well as to collect environmental data to monitor the performance of the pavilion's systems.

Visitors are invited to participate in a generative artwork at the Galleria that allows them to visualise the performance of the pavilion's integrated ecosystem and how it impacts the environment. The customised planting palette and innovative technological applications used in water and energy management are design strategies that enable the Singapore pavilion to achieve its net-zero energy target.

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According to the World Green Building Council, the construction industry's carbon emissions account for about 40% of global carbon emissions, through the promotion of green buildings can save 50% of energy, 60% of water resources, reduce 80% of waste generation, 45% of carbon dioxide emissions.
In recent years, some countries have actively promoted green buildings, and promoted more buildings to achieve energy conservation and carbon reduction by creating green communities, improving building energy efficiency, and strict certification standards.
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Walking into Dubai Sustainable City, there is a leisurely pastoral scene in front of you: ducks playing in the water by the pond, children riding bicycles and playing, and many people in the distance gather on the grass … Sustainable City was put into operation in 2015, and is one of the earliest communities in the Middle East to propose and achieve green development.
The community covers an area of 46 hectares, in an irregular rectangle, and is divided into three blocks from the outside to the inside.
The outermost circle is sheltered forest and canopy track, bicycle lane; inside is the commercial area and residential area.
The business district is also a leisure plaza, with many restaurants, laundry, bicycle repair shops and so on.
The 500 villas in the residential area are divided into five units, separated by the carport, cars can only be parked in the carport, not into the community.
In addition, there are schools, equestrian clubs, resident gardens and rehabilitation centers, and the middle green zone runs through the community from west to east, with constructed wetlands, ponds, swimming pools, and 11 domed greenhouses to grow a variety of vegetables for the residents in need.
Photovoltaic panels are installed on the roofs of all buildings in the Sustainable City, which can meet the electricity needs of 3,000 people in the entire community.
The road between residents' houses is specially designed to form an air duct, which can effectively reduce the temperature in the community in summer.
The community encourages low-carbon living. In 2021, residents spend about 60% of the Dubai average on water, and 80% of household waste is recycled and reused.
In 2022, Sustainable City was named the “Happiest Community ” in the Bay Area by Dubai Land Authority.
Hardir Ahmed, head of public relations at developer Diamond Development, said polls showed that the highest rating was the ban on cars entering the community.
Many parents say that this way they can safely let their children play in the community and help maintain the air quality in the community.
This initiative has also brought neighbourhoods closer, with people in the community walking, cycling, riding a shared battery car and other ways to travel, meet each other every day, and have more communication.
Sustainable City is now one of the most popular neighbourhoods in Dubai, with residential and business districts fully staffed.
On the basis of this model, she and her partners have developed three more communities in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Oman.
The first phase of the Abu Dhabi project was delivered not long ago and sold out within half an hour.
She said: “This shows that green buildings and sustainable living are increasingly popular.
We also want to use this business model to demonstrate that sustainable living is technically feasible, economically cost-effective and more responsive to the needs of the population in terms of social integration. "
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In the Asturias region of northern Spain, there is a mountain hut built like a "building block".
The components of the house were produced by a factory in Madrid in four months and then "assembled" in just five hours.
The house shape borrows from the traditional Spanish barn style to ensure the uniqueness of the building and its adaptability to the environment, and the modular house components also minimize environmental pollution such as construction noise and waste.
Spain's unique geographical location, the history of the convergence of a variety of civilizations, the birth of Gaudí, Mirales, Calatrava and other world-renowned architects, different areas of architecture have their own characteristics.
In recent years, the Spanish architectural community has placed increasing emphasis on the application of sustainable concepts to architectural design and construction, and has introduced many green buildings that are both artistic and sustainable.
According to Spanish media reports, many buildings in the country have obtained international green building certification, ranking in the top ten in the world.
In Barcelona, Spain ’ s second largest city, known for its Gaudi architecture, there is a six-story building called “The Wall Garden ”, which adds a rich touch of green to the urban space. The“ Wall Garden ” was born from the side wall of a demolished building and has been transformed for a variety of greenery.
The steel platform of its exterior wall is connected to the internal staircase and is equipped with irrigation and fertilization systems that can be controlled through a mobile phone app.
After the irrigation water from the upper platform is absorbed by the plants, the excess water will flow to the next platform.
The bird house built into the garden platform provides a habitat for wild animals such as birds.
This small building helps regulate the temperature, purify the air, and reduce the energy cost of the residents around the building, which has become a well-known "punch point" in the local area.
The Spanish government has allocated 6.8 billion euros from the recovery fund of the "Next Generation EU" program to support energy-saving renovation of buildings.
The government plans to complete the sustainable renovation of 500,000 homes by 2026 to improve the energy efficiency of these buildings.
According to Kay Kilman, European head of the US Green Building Council, Spain is growing rapidly in the field of green building. “We look forward to working with countries like Spain to find innovative ways to build better communities for a sustainable future. ”
Mexico — —
Regulate green building certification standards
Mexico has an average of 5.5 hours of direct sunlight per day, making it one of the most sunny countries in the world.
In recent years, Mexico has actively promoted green buildings and made full use of natural resources such as solar energy to save energy.
According to data from data analysis and consulting firm Global Data, the number of green building projects in Mexico has increased rapidly.
Located on Reforma Avenue in the heart of Mexico City, in order to maximize the use of natural light, the interior of the building uses open office space, most of the windows extend from the floor to the ceiling, through the use of special glass materials, both increase natural light and reduce heat transfer, to keep the interior cool.
The building is equipped with an intelligent lighting system that can adjust the use of indoor fluorescent lamps according to the amount of sunlight entering the building.
The building also collects and treats rainwater and waste water through a special water treatment system for flush toilets, coolers, greenfield irrigation, etc., which can reduce water consumption by 75%.
“We want this building project to be a model for the greening of the community and to encourage all parties to provide more incentives for the development of green buildings, ” said Javier Presas, the building ’ s design project manager.
In 2015, Mexico committed to the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36% by 2030 by encouraging the construction of sustainable buildings and promoting the use of solar panels, heaters, etc., to better combat climate change.
To this end, Mexico is constantly improving regulations, stipulating green building certification standards and minimum environmental requirements, and elaborating regulations on building energy efficiency. In 2021, Mexico City ’ s environmental department released a new green building certification program aimed at improving sustainability standards during building design, construction and operation, and promoting efficient use of resources.
The Mexican National Housing Commission has also created different incentive schemes to subsidize the purchase of green housing.
The Mexican state of Yucatán is the first to sign a net-zero construction commitment, which aims to achieve zero emissions from some buildings by 2030 and net-zero emissions from all buildings in the state by 2050.
Mexico City offers property tax relief for buildings with green roofs and solar hot water systems.
More and more building developers are adopting green building certification systems in the early stages of building construction to reduce energy consumption, water consumption and building materials energy consumption through optimized design.
“The number of green building projects in Mexico is growing by 25% every year, ” said Cesar Trevino, managing director of Biobuilding and Alternative Energy Mexico. In the face of climate and health challenges, it is important to continuously optimize buildings and interior spaces to improve the human environment.
(Dubai, Madrid, Mexico City)
People 's Daily (April 19, 2023, 15 edition)
(Editor: Zhao Xinyue, Yue Hongbin)
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Green roofs and walls can reduce energy consumption and improve air quality, as demonstrated in Dubai's '可持续城' community.

A green wall can last up to 25 years, making it a long-term investment.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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Vertical green walls are designed to be ultra-low maintenance, requiring minimal tending and care.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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The vertical walls are low-maintenance and require minimal watering.

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Content: Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd Now Provides Singapore Properties with Vertical Green Walls

Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

Contact Details

Telephone: 65 6763 7000

Fax: 65 6892 2700

WhatsApp: +65 8838 3479

Email: buzz@prince.com.sg

Address: 53 Sungei Tengah Road, Singapore 698998

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The selected plants, including dragon's breath, Rhipsalidopsis, and golden pothos, require minimal maintenance funds and time.

The selected plants, including dragon's breath, Rhipsalidopsis, and golden pothos, require minimal maintenance funds and time.

Green walls can reduce NO2, PM10, and PM2.5 concentrations by approximately 40%, 60%, and 10%, respectively.

Green walls can reduce indoor temperature by 1.8°C and O3 concentrations by 30%.

Maintaining green spaces requires the participation and cooperation of multiple stakeholders.

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Improve the level of community co-construction and common governance, explore new modes of public green space conservation
People 's Daily reporter Xu Weina
December 12, 2023 14: 21 | Source: People's Daily Online
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The community is the living space of the people, the capillaries of urban governance, and the "last kilometer" to serve the people.
According to statistics, urban residents spend 75% of their time in the community.
By 2035, about 70 per cent of our population will be living in residential communities.
In recent years, China has vigorously promoted the construction of complete residential communities, not only in hardware housing, but also in software services, public security, health, education, entertainment, cultural parks and other aspects of increasingly perfect.
The community is small, but it is connected to thousands of families.
A number of experts recently said that how to effectively make up for the shortcomings and weaknesses in community governance, in order to improve its overall level, and then achieve the goal of common governance and sharing, is the current urgent problem facing community governance.
In the context of the construction of ecological civilization in the new era, the construction of green communities has attracted much attention.
Among them, the "small and beautiful" green space that can be felt and enjoyed in the community has become an important source of happiness for residents.
And for the community green space: "three points rely on the seed, seven points rely on the maintenance."
High-quality community green space is not only achieved by design, but also requires careful maintenance.
In fact, it is more important to keep the community green space “as new as ever ” in the conservation of the green space, and as the delivery time of a community increases, the soil and grass species of the green space will gradually deteriorate, which requires a continuous increase in the conservation expenditure of the green space.
However, the cost of maintaining green space in a community is usually not high in the proportion of property costs, which can meet the daily simple maintenance of green space, but it is difficult to carry out soil renovation and grassland replanting after soil and grass species degradation.
In order to solve the above problems, some communities began to explore new ways of conserving green space.
Through the introduction of professional landscaping companies, encouraging the participation of residents and adopting sustainable management measures, soil degradation and grass planting problems can be effectively solved, and the health and beauty of the green space in the community can be maintained.
This will not only improve the quality of life of residents, but also lay a good foundation for future community development.
Recently, a green space conservation supplement fund set up for community green space has received attention.
The Green Land Conservation Supplementary Fund is an initiative of the Zijin Academy Project, which is located in the south of Changping, Beijing.
At present, the fund has been established for more than one year, and the initial principal of the project is invested by Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Construction Co., Ltd., a development enterprise of the project.
As of November 30, 2023, the fund has newly accepted donations of more than 730,000 yuan from owners and construction units.
It is reported that the fund is a sustainable fund, the principal of the fund is fixed for financial management, and the interest income generated is used for the supplement of green space maintenance costs when needed, so as to avoid the failure of funds to deliver the community green space in disrepair, baldness and other problems.
At present, the fund is temporarily managed by the developer and will be transferred to the owner after the community is delivered, which will be coordinated by the owner and the property to be used when the maintenance cost of the green space is insufficient.
Green space conservation is also one of the important indicators to assess the quality of the environment.
Only by standardizing and restricting the maintenance quality, operation norms and methods can we effectively ensure that the green areas such as the air, the ground and the water surface can show good landscape effect.
According to statistics, the quality of green space directly affects the premium space of the two adjacent second-hand housing communities, a difference of up to 5%.
Therefore, green space is not only the facade of the community, but also an important source of happiness for owners. "Huang Yufeng, president of Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Construction Co., Ltd., the project's group, said, however, maintaining a green space is a very difficult task.
Huang Yufeng introduced that for the details of green maintenance, they have innovatively established the maintenance standard of "five-star green space".
This standard consists of five aspects: leveling, balding, weed-free, edge-to-corner, and long-term maintenance.
Sharing is the beginning, and more importantly, the co-governance that follows.
"There is still a lot of work to be done on how to use the fund effectively, how to coordinate the interests of all parties, and how to ensure the sustainability, transparency and fairness of the fund."
In the future, we will maintain close communication with the owners and encourage them to actively participate in it, "said Huang Yufeng.
Small innovative measures not only solve the problem of green space conservation in the future of the community, but also close the relationship between the owners and create a harmonious community style.
“Through the establishment of a special fund, many owners are actively involved in the protection and conservation of green space. ” Mr. Huang, owner of Zijin College, said that this can not only improve the efficiency of the use of green space in the community, but also help to improve the environmental quality of the community and enhance the cohesion of the community.
"In the follow-up, according to the income of the Green Land Conservation Supplementary Fund and the garden of the Zijin Academy project, we will use the funds specially for lawn replacement, soil improvement and terrain adjustment."
Improve the quality of the community through details and maintain the status of five-star gardens, "the property owner said.
Cheng Peng, a professor at the School of Economic Management of Beijing Forestry University, said that the measure of setting up a supplementary fund for green space conservation aims to ensure that the community environment can remain the same after five years and 10 years.
The exploration and practice of this project provides a new idea for the conservation of community green space in our country.
He expects that more innovative models will emerge in the future, so that more and more communities will start to pay attention to green space construction and management, and let the previously bleak green belt glow with new vitality.
Another expert said that to achieve the community governance pattern of co-construction and co-governance, it requires the participation of multiple forces.
In order to bring together the magnificent multi-party forces, it is necessary not only to bear the responsibility, but also to innovate the community governance model in the work of relevant departments.
Only in this way can we stimulate the willingness of all parties in society to participate in community governance to the maximum extent, and jointly write a new chapter in community governance.
(Editor: Yang Yu Polo, Lu Qian)
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Innovative approaches to green space maintenance can improve quality and promote community engagement.

Well-maintained green spaces can increase property values by up to 5%.

Green buildings can reduce energy consumption by 24-50%, carbon emissions by 33-39%, water by up to 40%, and waste by up to 70%.

Natural materials and design elements can reduce the need for air conditioning and heating.

Green buildings can harvest and reuse rainwater, reducing the burden on municipal water supplies.

Thick walls and insulation can reduce the need for heating and cooling.

Building design and window placement can maximize natural ventilation and reduce air conditioning needs.

In tropical climates, houses should be designed to dissipate heat and humidity while shielding from sun and heavy rainfall.

Latticed structures like brise-soleil or cobogós can block direct sunlight while allowing diffused light and airflow in tropical climates.

Vertical gardens and living walls can provide natural insulation, reduce heat absorption, and improve air quality in tropical climates.

Green walls can reduce nitrogen dioxide by 40% and particulate matter by 60%.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green walls can reduce indoor particulate matter by 10% and ozone by 30%.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green walls can lower indoor temperatures by about 1.8°C.

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The school received an environmental subsidy of NT $220,000 two years ago to plant large Dumbo flowers to form a green wall, which helps to cool down the temperature and purify the air, and also to install an automatic sprinkler system to maintain the ecology of the green wall.
According to the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chiayi City Government, since 2019, the Environmental Protection Department has promoted the vertical air green wall project. Since 2019, three schools, including Xingjia, Jiabei Elementary School and Jiabei Elementary School, have installed climbing plants on the school's daughter wall and the balcony of the classroom.
The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Chiayi Municipal Government said that this year, the Environmental Protection Agency expanded the target of subsidies, in addition to the original subsidies of public middle school, public elementary school, public preschool institutions, public welfare groups, public facilities, environmental protection night market, civic activity center and other venues, air green wall subsidies of 3,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, single subsidy ceiling of 400,000 yuan.
According to the Municipal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the results of the study, vertical green walls can reduce the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), suspended particulates (PM10) by about 40% and 60%, but also reduce the concentration of indoor fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) by about 10%, ozone by about 30%, and indoor temperature reduction by about 1.8 ℃.
According to the city's Environmental Protection Bureau, the appropriate plant types are lily bamboo, firecracker red, Yunnan yellow carnation, turtle, Boston kidney fern, hydrangea, African pansy or panthera, and can be selected according to the space planning and installation requirements, so that the space is more beautiful.
# Green Wall # Cooling # EPB # EPD # Planting

Green spaces are crucial for a comfortable and healthy urban environment.

Architects and urban planners should consider virtual and green spaces to promote community and well-being.

Urban planning should prioritize public spaces like parks and community gardens.

Building design, such as using glass doors and windows, can connect indoor and outdoor spaces and promote community.

In Germany, 'passive houses' are gaining popularity as highly energy-efficient and comfortable buildings that don't require heating or air conditioning.

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Content: People 's Network > > International
Promoting green buildings for low-carbon development
May 23, 2022 05: 27 | Source: People's Daily - People's Daily
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Cottin's rooftop green space.
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A view of the New York City train.
Photographed by our reporter Li Qiang
A view of the World Trade Center building in Bahrain.
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Green buildings are buildings that maintain low energy consumption and achieve environmental friendliness throughout their life cycle.
Through energy-saving technology and design to improve the low carbon level, according to local conditions, the use of renewable energy to reduce energy consumption, green roofs to improve local circulation … In recent years, some countries have continuously promoted green buildings, carried out many useful explorations and attempts, effectively reducing the carbon emissions of buildings.
Germany
Passive room, energy saving and environmental protection concern
This reporter Li Qiang
No heating in winter, no air conditioning in summer, the humidity is maintained at 40% -60% year-round, and the PM2.5 value is maintained within 75 … In recent years, passive rooms originating in Germany have received more and more attention with their higher comfort and energy consumption significantly lower than the characteristics of traditional buildings.
In the southwestern German city of Heidelberg, the train city next to the old city is currently one of the largest passive housing complexes in the world.
This new area developed by the abandoned freight station covers an area of 116 hectares, with its advanced energy efficiency and high quality of life, becoming the new business card of Heidelberg.
At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference last year, Trains New Town was listed as a best practice example for sustainable urban development.
"Wear a hat" environmental design
According to the German Passive House Institute, a passive house is “a building that achieves thermal comfort only through post-cooling or thermal compensation of the fresh air system. ”
In other words, the passive house by giving the whole building "wear clothes and hats", improve the thermal insulation performance and air tightness of the building, and make full use of passive heat sources such as natural ventilation, sun and light to reduce the carbon emissions of the building.
15 minutes walk from Heidelberg train station, the reporter came to the train new city, only saw the park green space and artificial river and other landscape through them, white houses neatly arranged. At first glance, these houses are not special, "wearing clothes and hats" how to achieve?
The difference between passive houses and traditional buildings is first reflected in the external walls.
In Germany, the thickness of the outer wall of the general civil building is about 350 mm, and the passive room of the train city is more than 500 mm, which contains 200-325 mm of insulation layer.
Even on winter nights, the indoor glass surface temperature will not be lower than 17 degrees Celsius.
The foundation at the bottom of the outer wall is also covered with insulation materials.
The foundation further down, is the passive room in addition to the insulation layer of the other core equipment - fresh air system.
Before the outdoor fresh air enters the passive room, the air inlet pipe is first buried deep underground, and the air inlet pipe is preheated to 5 degrees Celsius by using the residual temperature of the ground.
Although the principle of passive housing may not sound complicated, it is not easy to actually build.
After more than 20 years of practice, Germany has developed a certification system.
Whether it is building energy consumption, house air tightness, or HVAC equipment, fresh air system, insulation layer, doors and windows and other facilities have a series of data based acceptance standards, only through all the testing, submitted up to 15 proof of materials, can be certified as passive room.
In order to achieve the passive house energy consumption standard, each building project in the new train city has a certified passive house planner to participate in the discussion, and according to the characteristics of the project to give different energy supply plans and formulate energy conservation strategies.
In addition to the passive house building itself, the train city has many energy-saving and emission-reducing environmental protection designs.
Smart meters are installed in every household in the new city to monitor energy consumption and identify potential areas for energy conservation; LED street lights controlled by a remote management system can adjust the lighting brightness according to the actual needs of the city.
If you look at the whole city from a high point, you will find more mysteries.
On the green roof of a large area, different colors of Artemisia and grasses are mixed, colorful and pleasing to the eye.
Such a green roof can not only beautify the environment, but also adjust the temperature of a good helper.
Research shows that in Germany, the temperature difference between a roof covered with vegetation and a bare roof can be as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
Vegetation can reduce the temperature difference of the roof structure layer, thereby delaying the aging of the waterproof layer, the insulation layer and the building layer below, and increasing the service life of the building.
In addition, green roofs can store rainwater, thereby reducing flood risk and providing habitat for wildlife.
Low-carbon liveable facilities
At present, the whole train city has built 3,000 housing units, two nurseries, two playgrounds, a park, a primary school, a community center and related commercial facilities.
The reporter then came to the Gadamer Square in the center of the new train town.
In the afternoon, the square was full of excitement.
Children play, young students play soccer or skateboard … This is not common in Germany, which is highly aging.
"The average age of the residents of Train New Town is only 29 years old, and about 90% of the residents are under the age of 45," the Train New Town Municipal Press Office said in a written response to reporters.
Energy-saving and environmentally friendly passive housing, convenient transportation location, close to the natural community landscape... Train New Town has become a hot plate in Heidelberg, attracting a large number of young people to move here.
On the local main rental agency website, only three vacant houses are being rented out in the new train town.
“The living experience here is really great. The green space and water are downstairs, the room is very comfortable, and the energy consumption is much lower than that of the ordinary house. ” Residents Wutler and his son play a remote control boat by the artificial stream downstairs, not far away, two wild ducks are leisurely swimming.
The Kuber Hotel in the corner of Gadamer Square is the first passive room hotel in Heidelberg, which is also the hotel ’ s biggest selling point. “The fresh air system is installed so that the room can keep the air fresh without opening the window. ”
Policy support for industrial development
In recent years, energy issues have continued to cause concern in Germany.
According to statistics, in 2020, household energy needs such as heating, hot water supply and lighting accounted for 26% of Germany ’ s terminal energy consumption.
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is an important part of Germany ’ s national energy policy.
In 1977, Germany promulgated the first energy-saving regulation "Building Insulation Regulations", which has been continuously revised since then, and introduced relevant laws in the field of environmental protection. In 2019, Germany passed the new "Building Energy Law", which has become the standard legal framework for green and low-energy buildings.
According to the bill, from 2021, new buildings must reach near zero energy consumption, and all existing buildings will reach near zero energy consumption by 2050.
In order to achieve this goal, the German government has increased the promotion of energy-saving buildings such as passive houses in recent years, and many energy-saving green and environmental protection building projects, including train new cities, have been launched in various parts of Germany.
Although it has excellent performance in energy conservation and environmental protection, it is higher than the cost of ordinary buildings, which affects the promotion of passive houses to a certain extent.
To this end, the German government has supported the construction of passive housing through the introduction of low-interest loans and construction subsidies.
Taking the train city as an example, the German bank Credit Suisse and the bank of Baden-Württemberg offer different forms of low-interest loans to homebuyers.
The city of Heidelberg has launched a 6 million euro funding scheme to subsidize 300 housing units in the new city, so that low- and middle-income citizens can also have the opportunity to live.
The rapid development of new green buildings such as passive houses has also promoted the continuous expansion of the German environmental protection construction industry.
From construction plan design and consulting, building materials R & D and production, to construction, operation and other links, a large number of jobs have been created.
The construction of the new train city alone has brought more than 6,000 jobs.
German policy attempts in areas such as passive housing have also been recognized at the EU level.
At present, the number of ultra-low energy passive houses in Europe is increasing at an annual rate of 8%.
In an increasing number of countries, the construction of new buildings or renovation and renovation of buildings according to passive housing standards is also recognized as an important way to achieve the goal of reducing the carbon emissions of buildings.
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Wind power generation
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Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Two tall buildings, wide and pointed, stood opposite each other, like a pair of wings of sail.
The two towers are connected by three beams, each of which is equipped with a huge "windmill".
They are constantly rotating in the endless sea breeze, providing the building with a steady stream of clean energy -
This is the World Trade Center in Bahrain, a skyscraper that blends wind turbines with buildings.
Bahrain is located between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The unique geographical and climatic conditions make the local sea breeze resources rich, and also provide a good natural environment for the practice of wind energy construction.
The World Trade Center is 240 meters high and has 50 floors, and its shape is inspired by the traditional Arabic "wind tower".
The three beams between the towers are located on the 16th, 25th and 35th floors of the building.
The blades of the windmill rotate 38 times per minute, and a series of gearboxes are installed in the engine compartment.
Standing in the high downstairs to look up, the sea breeze slowly blowing, sometimes on the ground can not feel too much wind, but the "windmill" above is turning fast.
This was aided by the ingenuity of architect Shaun Kira, who used aerodynamic principles to design the planes and sections of the two towers into oval and canvas shapes, allowing the wind from the sea to concentrate between the two towers.
The triangular sail-shaped building body plays the role of a wind guide plate, guides more wind to blow to the lower wind turbine, and enables the three wind turbines to rotate at about the same speed.
According to reports, the three wind turbines generate about 1,200 megawatt-hours of electricity per year, which can meet about 15% of the electricity demand of the World Trade Center in Bahrain, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 300 Bahraini households, or about 2 million tons of coal or 6 million barrels of oil.
In addition to the unique “windmill ”, the World Trade Center in Bahrain has taken a number of measures in the design and construction process to reduce carbon emissions.
For example, buffer space is set up between the outdoor environment and the air-conditioned room to reduce the temperature of hot air and reduce air convection heat; high performance solar glass with low shading coefficient is used on the facade without sunshade facilities to obtain as little solar heat as possible; the building also has a pool at the entrance to cool the air entering the building...
Since its completion in 2008, the World Trade Center in Bahrain has received several major awards in the field of construction and environmental protection.
Chira said that achieving the sustainable vision of the building with rigorous scientific design is an important message of the building.
At present, Bahrain is developing renewable energy projects in various forms, including solar, wind and waste-to-energy.
According to local media reports, the government of Bahrain has adopted the “Vision 2030 ” plan, which proposes a series of measures to protect the natural environment, reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable energy development.
According to the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, by 2025, renewable energy generation will reach 5% of the total electricity generation in the country, and this figure will rise to 10% by 2035.
Brazil
Focus on climate adaptation
Our reporter Bi Mengying
In the Haor community of Curitiba in the southeastern city of Brazil, a simple white house is eye-catching among the neatly dark houses on both sides of the street.
On the front, the first thing that came into view was a vibrant green on the roof.
The owner and designer of the house, Kostyn, and his family have lived here for five years.
This house is not only a simple and economical construction scheme, but also easy to maintain after occupancy, and is a highly reproducible, economical and environmentally friendly climate adaptive building.
The construction sector is a major carbon emitter and therefore a key area for global carbon reduction.
With the continuous development of green buildings, climate adaptation has become one of the important research directions of the current construction industry.
Climate adaptive buildings in the design of the region based on the climate conditions, from the comfort of the human body, fully consider the season, sunlight, wind direction, rainfall and humidity and other climatic factors, in order to improve the energy-saving performance of the building, while allowing users to have a green and healthy life.
In the Kostyn home, the concept of minimalist and environmentally friendly design is reflected in all kinds of details —
The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, low cost, etc.
This design not only optimizes the waterproof effect of the roof, but also reduces the indoor temperature in summer and heat loss in winter.
The stormwater collection system is made up of cisterns and pumps on the roof.
Curitiba is rainy, and this system not only ensures that the rainwater is used to irrigate the vegetation in the compound, but also reduces the drainage pressure of the sewers, "Kostin said.
Eight shiny solar panels make up the house's power generation system.
The local government encouraged the people to use clean energy, Kosten only a week to get the approval of the installation of solar rooftop power station, and there are special people to install and debug equipment.
"This group of solar panels has more than two kilowatts of power, and the daily conversion of electricity is more than enough for families to use in daily life," he said.
In addition, the all-white house itself also plays a role in reflecting light and reducing heat absorption.
There is no air conditioning installed in the house and electric fans are rarely used, thanks to the natural ventilation design of the house.
Natural ventilation is achieved in all the environment of the house and air circulation is enhanced by large openings along the prevailing wind direction.
During the conversation, a green hummingbird suddenly visited, flapping its wings and shuttling among the flowers.
"In addition to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies are also regulars in the home.
These diligent pollen transmitters contribute to the healthy growth of the plants in the hospital.
Kostin told reporters that although the design of the house sounds complicated, it is not really expensive, "compared with other single-family homes of the same size, saving nearly a third of the construction cost."
In Brazil, climate-resilient buildings have become a common building type.
According to data released by the Energy and Environmental Design Pioneer (LEED) in 2021, the number of certified green buildings in Brazil ranks fifth in the world in the annual ranking of the top ten global LEED markets in 2019.
Brazil attaches great importance to the promotion of green buildings, many regions have launched corresponding policies to support the development of biomass building materials such as straw, wood chips, and promote new building materials such as industrial waste and construction slag as raw materials, and strive to reduce the consumption of building materials.
"Although my design is simple, it can fully meet the needs of our family under the conditions of environmental protection, energy conservation and sustainable development."
If this philosophy and design can influence others to make simple and beneficial changes, why not? ” he said with a laugh at the end of the interview.
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Content: Carter Jonas Comments on the Introduction of Biodiversity Net Gain

On Wednesday 9 November, the Environment Bill passed into law, creating a statutory requirement that new development achieves a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG).

Kieron Gregson, Associate Partner and Mark Russell, Partner and Natural Capital Lead at national property consultancy Carter Jonas, comment on the change and its impact on planning and development.

“The Environment Bill will enable the planning system to support, protect and enhance the natural environment in a more measured and consistent way, whether that be through onsite provision, the opportunity for developers to partner with farmers and landowners to provide off-site BNG (such as by creating woodland or a wildflower meadows from arable land) or via ‘conservation covenants’, says Gregson.

“Essentially, this changes the status of natural capital, transitioning it from a concept into an asset which can be traded by government bodies, local authorities, landowners, and land managers.

“Although there is to be a two-year transition period, we anticipate a knock on effect for land values in locations with high development pressure.  Landowners may see an increase in value in these locations because of its potential to attract BNG credits.

“On the whole we see benefits to most parties involved in the planning and development process. Landowners (including local authorities, wildlife trusts, farmers and private  individuals) will have the opportunity to offer land as donor sites. However, green spaces will only maintain their value with investment of both time and money. Vision, management, governance and funding structures will all be important. Furthermore, additional costs or a reduction in net developable acreage will impact on development land values and possibly the viability of schemes. It will be important to ensure that greenfield schemes with low land values aren’t disproportionately affected. And it is hoped that the Government might consider developers having the option of purchasing BNG credits on Green Belt surrounding cities, which could create a popular natural amenity while also protecting the Green Belt.”

Research from the Office for National Statistics in 2019 found that urban green spaces increase nearby property prices: houses and flats within 100 metres of public green spaces are on average £2,500 more expensive than if they were more than 500 metres away – an average premium of 1.1%. Similarly the Land Trust has undertaken research which highlights that the Trust’s management of green spaces around homes creates an uplift in house prices estimated to be in the region of £394 million.

Furthermore at a time when, according to the RSPB, 94% of us feel a moral obligation to halt biodiversity loss, developers are increasingly aware of the reputational value of mitigating environmental damage. BNG provides developers with an opportunity to show that the natural environment can be enhanced because of new development – not despite it. And it provides the opportunity for this to be demonstrated literally on the doorsteps of new homes.

“Another significant consideration is that local authorities will require specialist advice covering ecology, biodiversity calculation, valuation, legal delivery, verification, and site management,” says Russell. “Delivery options and ongoing management advice on the ground will also be required for the required 30 year period once the development has been completed. Furthermore, we are awaiting clarity on how trusted verification bodies will be established as they will be required to manage and monitor biodiversity schemes.

“Whilst the direction of travel is clear, in the context of a rapidly changing market and with so much detail still to be established, fully understanding the impact of BNG is not easy to determine. Unsurprisingly we have already seen considerable demand for our services which assess development proposals against assets owned or planned, enabling developers, landowners and land managers to consider objectively the question of on-site or off-site at the outset.”

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Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd is famous for its vertical wall planters, green walls and flower backdrop in Singapore. The company caters to residential and commercial clients as well.

Singapore, 2023-Jan-04 — /EPR Network/ — Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd, the leading landscaping company in Singapore is offering vertical green walls to commercial and residential properties. Whether it is a retail showroom or a high rise, the vertical green wall is an innovative approach towards introducing nature amidst the concrete jungle.

The company uses quality vertical wall planters, ensuring the healthy growth of the plants. These vertical walls are easy to maintain, assemble, install, disassemble, and reinstall. The technique used by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ensures the user does not have to spend much time tending and taking care of the plants.

Along with green walls, the company also provides clients with exquisite flower backdrops in Singapore to complement the greenery around them. It’s a long-term investment as a green wall can last up to 25 years.

Vertical walls by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd come with some unique features:

  • Custom design to suit the client’s needs.
  • Minimal watering of the green wall plants.
  • Ultra-low maintenance ensured.
  • Quick installation due to a modular system.
  • Use of plants that can survive in a tropical climate.

Why choose a vertical green wall?

  • Reduces waste of energy.
  • Improves air quality.
  • Makes the structure sustainable.
  • The space becomes more fire-resistant.
  • Minimizes ambient noise.

The general installation cost for a vertical green wall by Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd ranges between $200 per square meter and $1200 per square meter, depending on the design, the kind of plants used and the installation process.

About the company:

One of the oldest nurseries in Singapore, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd has 50 years of experience in the industry. Started out humbly as a flower shop, Prince’s Landscape Pte Ltd have evolved into a full-fledged landscape design and installation specialist.

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Energy efficiency ratings aren’t actually predicting energy efficiency

There’s a secret dogging British buildings with some of the most coveted environmental ratings: On paper they’re green, but scratch the surface and they’re red hot. Buildings that have received the highest rating in the UK - an A Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) - use more energy than some of their peers rated C, D, E or even F.

This disparity between how buildings are designed and what their actual emissions are is widespread in the UK, according to recent findings from the Better Buildings Partnership, which analyzed 2020 self-reported energy data provided for more than 1,100 commercial properties.

It found that commercial buildings regularly use more energy than their sterling eco-friendly labels would suggest. In fact, the analysis finds, the ratings are so far off that the median energy intensity for all B-rated buildings is higher than for C-rated buildings.

“We did the research and there’s very little relationship, if any at all, between the Energy Performance Certificates and the actual energy usage of buildings,” said Sarah Ratcliffe, the CEO of the Better Buildings Partnership, a nonprofit coalition of commercial property owners in the UK.

The new data is not comprehensive, as it only includes commercial buildings from real estate companies that are members of the Better Buildings Partnership and voluntarily submitted energy use. Still, the findings point to a hole in green building policies and practices that will be essential to fill in order to hit emissions targets, say experts.

The problem: Just because buildings meet some of the most prized environmental building design standards doesn’t mean they’ll meet emissions goals.

A spokesperson for the UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy said the department is “already looking at ways the system can be improved” through an EPC Action Plan, but that the certificates provide useful guidance on efficiency in a “simple and comparable manner”.

A March 2021 government paper exploring alternatives to the current EPC ratings put it more bluntly: “In large and complex buildings in particular, the evidence is showing that there is almost no correlation between a building’s EPC score and its actual energy and carbon performance in practice.”

The findings on UK properties build on past evidence that green building certifications based on predicted energy use don’t necessarily translate to energy savings. Several studies have questioned whether LEED certification - a widely adopted international building standard - actually yields better energy efficiency, with some finding that certified buildings use more energy than non-certified buildings. But the US Green Building Council, which manages the ratings, has maintained that its own research shows certified buildings are overall more efficient.

One thing is clear for both ratings systems: Many individual buildings have turned out to be far less energy-efficient than their ratings indicate.

This can be the result of improper building management, lack of data sharing, or an arms race of heating and cooling systems fighting one another for dominance.

“People move into a building and the first thing they do is turn the systems over to manual and undo all the work the system engineers put in place. It’s like buying a hybrid car and only running it on petrol,” says Simon Crowe, managing director of the Low Carbon Alliance, a British group that advises on sustainable buildings. “You see people bringing fans into buildings with climate controls, installing air conditioners. It disrupts the whole thing.”

Disparities in the rating system are also an inherent limitation of assessments that only predict potential energy efficiency, and don’t measure real-world energy use.

“Energy efficiency isn’t as simple as you think,” says David Coley, professor of low carbon design at the University of Bath. “In fact, there's often very little connection between modeled energy use and actual energy use of the building. Even in brand new buildings we struggle to make predictions.”

Buildings and construction currently account for nearly 40 per cent of global carbon emissions in any given year, so improving their efficiency is fundamental to reaching net zero. But, at present “there is no consensus on what a net-zero building is,” according to Paul Stepan, director of sustainability solutions, EMEA, at real estate services firm JLL. He says rating systems that obscure true emissions only add to the challenge of decarbonization.

DESIGN VS ACTUAL USE

Energy Performance Certificates, the most commonly cited proof of sustainability in the UK, were introduced in 2007 to give owners and tenants information about their buildings’ efficiency that they could then use to make design improvements.

Today, the consequences of a bad rating are primarily economic and reputational. For offices, higher EPC ratings can translate to higher property valuations, and a very low rating can mean trouble selling a property. For homes, a higher rating can also be required to qualify for a green mortgage that offers lower rates. The UK government projects that the financial value of these ratings will increase in the coming years.

In the future, the British government has also committed to set a minimum efficiency standard, aiming for commercial buildings to have a B rating or higher by 2030. But this could be too little too late. Crowe estimates that to meet the UK’s legally binding sustainability targets, all buildings would need to reach EPC band B five years sooner - and actually deliver the intensity that’s expected for band B.

Unfortunately, Energy Performance Certificates rely on potential energy efficiency, not how much energy the building emits each year. There are alternatives, known as Display Energy Certificates (DEC), which provide a year-by-year snapshot of a building’s energy usage, but they’re not required for private buildings.

Data show the flaws of measuring only potential efficiency: In 2020, there were commercial properties rated A in the UK that had an energy intensity score far above many rated E, according to the Better Buildings Partnership data. That’s not to say the ratings communicate nothing at all: Buildings in band A do, on average, perform best. But in the lower bands, the Better Buildings Partnership finds that the relationship between the ratings and efficiency is far weaker.

“It is widely known in the industry that EPCs do not well reflect the actual energy use or carbon emissions of a building once built,” said Simon Ebbatson, a principal at Elementa Consulting, which advises on green building design. “They are basically a black box calculation which is used for building regulations compliance and for generating EPCs for when building transactions occur.”

In 2018, the U.K. government put out a call for evidence on EPCs with survey questions to stakeholders, and only 3 per cent of respondents said they believed the reliability of the ratings to be good.

“There’s often very little connection between modeled and actual energy use. Even in brand new buildings we struggle to make predictions.”

An Energy Performance Certificate is issued by an energy assessor, who will visit a building for about one to two hours to measure factors like the property’s dimensions, ventilation systems, heating, lighting and the construction materials used. In particularly complex cases, computer modeling may be used and multiple certificates may need to be issued.

However, this is a snapshot of the building’s potential at a given time, and when the assessor packs up, everything can change. Commercial certificates typically last for a decade, during which time “potential” and “actual” can drift ever further apart.

DEFINING THE PROBLEM

One of the biggest reasons estimates get energy use wrong is human behavior: Even buildings designed to some of the highest prevailing standards depend on how the property is used.

Property management can play a big role in this. Carefully designed climate control systems, installed to balance efficiency and comfort, are either simply turned off or disrupted, Crowe explains. The timed raising and lowering of window shades, designed to compensate for light levels and seasonality, is overridden when desks are moved. Large decorative fish tanks might be installed, or kitchens added for staff catering. New tenants might even move in and use the building in ways the designer never envisioned, like a bank installing an energy-sucking trading floor. Short-term meddling brings about long-term inefficiency, which, aggregated over the entire building stock, adds up.

On the flip side, even older buildings that weren’t designed to be green could lower their emissions by focusing on behavior and management. Windows can be used for ventilation and computers can be switched off. Putting the right thing in the right place is crucial: A colder room might be perfect for data banks, a warmer one, a group meeting space.

Working around the rhythms of the natural world and the tempo of the building is essential, says Crowe. In the work-from-home era, it may be more economical to keep employees at home during particularly hot or cold periods, as managing extremes is an energy-intensive business.

“Expecting all buildings to be usable all the time is a farce, even more so as the climate changes,” Crowe said.

David Matthews, a director at property management and estate agency Dutch & Dutch, says that as long as a building manager knows what the property is being used for and understands their tenants, they should be able to maximize efficiency. “In a traditional office building you should be able to predict actual energy use, if you’re doing your job properly,” he said.

But Coley’s research shows how the human behavior problem goes far deeper than building management: Despite improvements in efficiency, design and technology, many new buildings have roughly the same energy usage per square meter as those built 20, 50 or even 100 years ago. This is because as more energy becomes available via efficiency gains, people simply demand more energy. That’s why he argues that no small gains in efficiency are going to get the world substantially closer to its emissions goals.

Leaders at the US Green Building Council have made a related argument for why LEED-certified buildings sometimes have higher overall energy use: Green buildings are simply in higher demand. “Anecdotally, we sometimes hear that renovated green buildings often are used much more than previously,” Green Building Council Senior Policy Counsel Elizabeth Beardsley told Utility Dive.

MODEL POLICIES

One obvious alternative to the current efficiency rating that’s been explored in the UK and elsewhere: Measure actual emissions rather than just potential ones.

In Australia, a program known as NABERS rates buildings from 1-6, based in part on actual energy usage. The rating is mandatory for all new buildings over 2,000 sq m, as well as those up for sale or lease. And NABERS says it has provided energy usage ratings for 78 per cent of Australia’s office space.

The UK recently adopted a modest version of this idea, NABERS UK, but the program, which so far only rates offices, is not mandated or overseen by the government. Though the project has won support from major commercial real estate players like British Land, it is far from widespread adoption.

Display Energy Certificates, which require buildings to show a summary of their actual energy use, are another option already required for public buildings in the UK and adopted by other countries in the European Union. Coley believes that mandating DECs for commercial buildings in the UK, and exposing some of the offenders’ high energy use, could provoke a “moral reaction” that could kick-start emissions-cutting behaviors.

“Do banks understand this? Very little. Do investors understand it? Not at all.”

In New York City, a law passed in 2019 goes further than DECs, assigning buildings over 25,000 square feet a mandatory annual emissions cap, which will gradually be reduced. Starting in 2024, those found to be over the cap for Local Law 97 could face fines running into the tens of millions of dollars. The law comes after years of monitoring data about buildings’ energy use and providing owners with information about how they could improve, according to Donna De Costanzo of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “The law represents a necessary evolution in approach,” wrote De Costanzo in a 2019 analysis.

The UK government has committed to move to a performance-based approach for some buildings, including a “new and innovative” performance energy rating for large commercial buildings, but is still fleshing out the details. It is also pledging to make improvements to Energy Performance Certificates. “EPCs will need to move from a reflection of the features of a building (fabric, services and installed improvement measures) to a true measure of ‘in use’ building performance,” reads an EPC action plan from September 2020.

But Coley believes that the only way to really reduce buildings’ impact on the planet is to require buildings to be net-zero or passive house, a high design standard that relies on airtight insulation and other alternative energy requirements to get buildings as close as possible to zero energy.

“EPCs are fantasy land,” Coley says. “You have to take it all the way. Doing 90 per cent of the job literally gets you nowhere.”

NEW DOESN'T EQUAL GREEN

Another barrier to decarbonizing buildings is the pervasive view that newer means greener, which both Crowe and Stepan say is erroneous. There is growing consensus that retrofitting existing buildings uses far less energy than building new ones. And yet, massive structures are popping up around the world claiming “green” status. As architect Carl Elefante put it in an oft-quoted phrase, “The greenest building is the one that is already built."

The thinking that new equals good is often reflected in EPC ratings, where older properties with thick, solid walls are given lower ratings than newer ones with cavity wall insulation, even though they may be as good or even better than cavity walls at preventing heat loss. They can also be easier to adapt because they work with nature rather than relying on gadgetry to keep them temperate.

These considerations aren’t yet priced into valuations, where newer builds receive the vaunted “green premium” that can add to property values, despite their “premature obsolescence,” according to Crowe. “Do banks understand this? Very little. Do investors understand it? Not at all.” he says.

For existing structures, the high upfront cost of retrofitting prevents most consumers from taking it on, especially those who bought highly rated new buildings with the expectation that they wouldn’t have to invest again for some time.

“In order for the market to act, it needs information across the sector that is comparable,” said Ratcliffe. “Basically all they have now are EPCs, and they aren’t good enough.”

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