Green Walls Growing Everywhere
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 04. 2.07
Treehugger loves green walls like ELT's simple do-it yourself system, Shimizu's Parabienta or Germany's Indoor Landscaping. Another entry in the field is Vancouver's Gsky, which is installing a six storey high outdoor wall at Vancouver International Airport. According to the Globe and Mail: "The green walls in particular are just taking off like crazy for us," says Chad Sichello, G-Sky's president and chief executive officer. "We cannot keep up with demand." Another G-Sky wall is going into a new Whole Foods store in Vancouver, and they are big hits in condo lobbies in the US.::G-Sky
The Globe also talked to Alan Darlington, the pioneer of green walls, and builder of the Biofilter. He originally was involved in research on growing plants in space, but says "My interest was much more terrestrial," says Mr. Darlington, president of Guelph, Ont.-based university spinoff Air Quality Solutions Ltd. "But the same principles apply for a space station or an office building -- you're talking about a controlled atmosphere and a barrier between us and a hostile environment."
::Globe and Mail
Just wonderful. Plants sure began to climb up the walls and the hicking is just starting. Now that we most of us know how to start a living wall information about maintainance and keeping the walls alive can sure be a great help.
I don't have a house yet, but I hope to buy one one day soon. When I do, is there a way to make the exterior walls of my house into green walls? I want my house to not just use less energy, but to actually clean the air and make the world better than if it wasn't there at all.