Indoor Landscaping – Growing Green Inside
by Leonora Oppenheim, London, UK 
on 08. 7.06
TreeHugger just can’t get enough of verdant architecture, whether it’s green roofs from Chicago to China, or living walls. However while we’ve been concentrating on greening the exterior surfaces of buildings, the German company Indoor Landscaping have taken their grass inside. They describe their work as ‘a connection between man, enclosed spaces and open nature... Nature should become tangible for people even within buildings, our plants change with the seasons, they age within the architecture enhanced in character and charm.’ Having started by bringing large plants and trees into office spaces Indoor Landscaping have now graduated to permanent green wall installations which clean the air, create sound barriers and obviously have an amazing visual impact. Via: Core 77 :: Indoor Landscaping
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Is it really wise to be growing plants indoors if it needs hundreds of watts of additional lighting? Seems like it is doing more harm than good.
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editor note: Obviously the best way to do that is in a building where the sun's light can grow the plants.
Now, if we could just grow entire houses ...
In any relatively humid climate wouldn't the added moisture needed to sustain these plants create a host of new indoor air quality problems?
Perhaps in a dry climate or in a new building that was properly designed to handle the added moisture.
I'd like to see them add a horizontal tree.
University of Guelph - Living Wall
Following up on the University of Guelph pointer, researchers at Guelph have studied the processes occurring in 'green walls'. Most of the absorption and breakdown of airborne VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds such as formaldehyde) is actually performed by microbes living in the roots of the plants.
The team has also calculated the net power savings of installations in various environments compared to the normal way of maintaining good indoor air quality (frequent air exchanges). Even if additional lighting is required, the overall energy requirements are significantly lower. Double-blind studies have demonstrated that residents of the building can notice the difference when the 'green wall' is active, even though the levels of air pollutants is extremely low.
Air Quality Solutions (http://www.naturaire.com) develops and markets green wall systems for both commercial and home use. The 'Library' page of the website has extensive information.
how to come in contact with leonora oppenheim? thanks.
andreas
head of agency
www.indoorlandscaping.com
who the fuck cares how much energy it takes bitch