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Vertical Habitat
Vertical Habitat
OBJECTIVE
The objective is to determine the environmental
impact and economic benefits a green wall could
have for a campus hile also determining whether
INTRODUCTION
it is a financially feasible project.
ABSTRACT
The information obtained in the reviewed literature some
key aspects to consider when working with VERTICAL
HABITAT are clarified, such as the classification systems, the
climate influence, the plant species used and the different
operating mechanisms.
Then, the main conclusions of this literature, sorted by
construction system (Green Walls or Green Faades) and
climatic situation, are summarized.
In general, it can be concluded that VERTICAL HABITAT
provide great potential in reducing energy consumption in
buildings, especially in the cooling periods. However, a lack
of data on operation during the heating period as well as
during the whole year has been found.
On the other hand, results show that the investigations of
VERTICLA HABITAT are not equally distributed around the
world. Moreover, the review concludes that some aspects
must be studied in depth, such as which species are the
most suitable for each climate, influence on energy savings
of the faade orientation, foliage thickness, presence of air