[Greenbuilding] Living Walls Links

[Chris Green]

jake at abramsdesignbuild.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am writing a case study for my Green Architecture class at Catholic University on 'Living Walls' (or 'Green Walls') and I am in 
> the information gathering phase.  Does anyone have any information, or know of a good place to find information on Living 
> Walls?  
>   
I haven't read it yet, but there is a book on the subject, entitled

Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls,
Nigel Dunnet and Noel Kennedy,

Amazon.com link to this book:
:http://www.amazon.com/Planting-Green-Roofs-Living-Walls/dp/088192640X

Since a living wall may (loosely) be considered a  green roof turned 
sideways, check out
http://www.greenroofs.com
which is the main green roofs information portal. See also:
http://www.greenroofs.net/index.php

This Canadian company specializes in living wall systems.
http://www.verdirsystems.com/html/living-walls.html

This one concentrates on roofs:
http://www.eltgreenroofs.com/

I should point out that the British Columbia Institute of Technology 
(B.C.I.T.), has committed itself to becoming a 'center of excellence' 
for green roof and related technologies. You can score some case studies 
files at this site.
http://commons.bcit.ca/greenroof/

The course outline for B.C.I.T.'s course entitled GROW 3000 - Green 
Roofs & Living Walls for Environmental Solutions is found here:
http://www.bcit.ca/study/outlines/grow3000200630

And also close to B.C.I.T., in Vancouver, the Sustainable Building 
Center is a clearing house for green building information.
http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/about

 From Sweden, Folke Gunther's  "folkewall" design is a living wall 
system which also acts as a greywater purification system, and which can 
also be used to produce food.
These pages are in English...
http://www.holon.se/folke/projects/openliw/openlev_en.shtml



Cheers,

Chrios Green.