Living Walls Knowledge Transfer Day - 15 April 2014 (10 /13 Biotecture Ltd

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Richard Sabin, Managing Director, Biotecture Ltd

Richard has over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry. He has an abiding interest in the environment and man’s influence on it particularly in the urban building context.
For several years Richard ran his own environmental and sustainable building consultancy.
In 2007 he co-founded Biotecture Ltd with the vision of bringing a truly robust living wall system to the market. In doing so many of his ambitions for improving the quality of the urban environment were directly possible.
The company has become one of the foremost providers of living wall systems nationally and internationally for both external and internal living walls and continues its mission in research and thought leadership.
http://www.biotecture.uk.com/

Transcript

1. Living Walls – not just eye candy Richard Sabin, Biotecture Ltd
2. 20 Fenchurch Street Installed April 2014 >700m2
14. “Paris bans half of all cars over air pollution fears” - INDEPENDENT 16.03.2014 “On Friday, the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) rating rose to 185, which puts it firmly in the “unhealthy” bracket of the index, meaning anyone could have adverse health effects as a result of breathing the smog. “Good” is below 50, and at 300 a place is considered to be in emergency conditions.” - GUARDIAN 17.03.2014
16. London, 2nd April, 2014: AQI 150
17. “Air pollution linked to one in 12 deaths in London – and it takes six months off the average Briton's life expectancy.” INDEPENDENT 10.04.2014 “Kensington and Chelsea is borough with most polluted air in UK - Traffic levels give London and south-east England the worst air, finds first study to measure pollution by borough.” GUARDIAN 10.04.2014
18. What can green infrastructure do?
19. What can green infrastructure do? Remove air pollutants Reduce urban temperatures Provide thermal benefits to buildings Improve biodiversity Reduce noise Increase productivity & creativity Improve sense of well-being Make us better quicker
20. Biophilia
21. Biophilia Viewing plants reduces BP & HR (Son et al, 2004) Viewing plants improves EEG in schizophrenia (ibid) Green gardens in hospitals: • Improve mood • Reduce stress in patients, families & staff • Increase satisfaction of patients, families & staff (Roger Ulrich, 2002)
24. Our growing medium Gro/dan: “Precision growing – doing more with less” • Guaranteed airspace for plant roots • Dimensionally stable • Chemically inert
37. Edgware Road – design montage Mark Laurence, Creative Director, Biotecture, 2007 - 2012
38. Edgware Road – installed
39. Greening urban street canyons Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Improvement of Air Quality in Urban Street Canyons – Pugh, MacKenzie, Whyatt and Hewitt, Environmental Science & Technology, 2012
41. Delivering cleaner air for London is a top priority for me; this ingenious green wall traps harmful pollution on one of our busiest roads, helping to cleanse the air at this popular spot, as well as helping to soften and beautify the local environment.” – Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, 2012
42. Thank you