Category: Buildings
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Vertical Mobile Garden
Consists of living wall modules, which are wire frame cubes attached to a hook lift container platform. The vegetation cover is highly diverse, showcasing the potential of living walls to enhance amenity value and promote biodiversity. A light, partially vegetated open roof structure provides shade. The Green Living Room offers immediate benefits such as clean…
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Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater is caught and collected from rooftops and other impermeable surfaces. It can be stored and then be used for non-potable uses such as watering of green spaces and parks or non- potable uses at household level. Benefits (+) Collected water for irrigation purpose Limitations (-) Limited control over the water availability.(-) Measure might meet…
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Green Walls
Green wall are vertical green infrastructure interventions. They provide infiltration areas for water and mainly function as visual and noise barriers between roads/industrial areas and public spaces. The vegetation grows directly on the wall, or climbs on a frame or already structured wall, but keeps a small distance from the wall. Benefits (+) Aesthetically important(+)…
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Green Roofs
Green roofs are multi-layered systems designed for stormwater management, beginning with a well-insulated, structurally sound roof as the base layer. Benefits (+) No need for additional land(+) Habitat provision(+) Provide usable green space Limitations (-) Requirements for structural support(-) Not applicable for wooden roofs Assessment