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Green walls for quality air
Green walls for quality air
June 2014
Auckland and Christchurch’s ratings in last
month’s new air quality reports made the installation of our green wall on Federal Streetall the more timely.
Read on
for:
• A summary of the new air quality findings –
and how plants and green walls can help
• The details
of our Federal Street green wall – NZ’s largest living wall to date
and the first circular installation in the Southern
Hemisphere
• An inspirational green wall we love from
Spain
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Plants can lift air quality - inside and out
Two new reports
into air quality released in May showed issues for Auckland and
Christchurch in particular. The World Health Organisation
(WHO) report revealed concerning levels of tiny particles in
our air, small enough to be inhaled into the deepest parts
of our lungs. Meanwhile NIWA and scientists from the
University of Auckland and AUT, showednitrogen dioxide levels in Downtown
Auckland are nudging recommended
maximums.
Studies such as that by Thomas Pugh, Ph.D, have shown plants between city buildings can reduce street-level concentrations of nitrogen dioxide by as much as 40% and particulates by up to 60%.
Similarly, office plants can reduceindoor air pollution, a problem the Environmental Protection Agency cites as a top 5 environmental threat in the US. GreenAir clients including Les Mills and Orion Health have used office plants to help create healthier workplacesand increase staff productivity.
130sq m, 3,500 plants &
columns
NZ's largest green wall yet - Federal Street
We’ve
just finished installing what we think is the largest green
wall yet in New Zealand – and the Southern Hemisphere’s
first ever circular green walls. The 130
square metre green wall is a key part of the transformation
of Federal Street, Auckland into an attractive shared space.
It took 18 month’s work and 3,500 plants.
GreenAir was commissioned to undertake the design, build, installation and maintenance of the green wall by Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and Sky City. We are proud to have worked in collaboration with our Australian partner Fytogreen, and with project landscape architects Boffa Miskell. Read the full Federal Street green wall case study.
"The Federal Street green walls
by Green Air incorporate ecological and biodiversity
principles and enhance the city’s environmental
sustainability. They also give city workers and visitors
something unique – the experience of our native forests
where you’d least expect them – right in the heart of
the city centre."
Ludo Campbell-Reid, Design
Champion, Auckland Council.
I was interviewed about the green wall on Federal Street by TV1 Breakfast on 30th May 2014 and the green wall featured in the NZ Herald on 4th June.
Read the full Federal Street green wall case study or contact us about your potential living wall.
Four and half times
bigger
Caixa Forum art gallery, Madrid
As I said in the TV1
Breakfast interview, while 130sq m may make Federal Street
the largest green wall yet in NZ, it’s dwarfed by green
walls overseas.
This 600 sq m beauty covers the side of the Caixa Forum art gallery in Madrid. It was designed and created by Patrick Blanc in 2007 and features over 15,000 plantings.
I’m
excited GreenAir is bringing this kind of creative and
technical expertise to our very own cities.
To
talk about vitality from green walls, inside and out, call
us on 0800 725 648 or email info@greenair.co.nz
today.
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