Green walls are an important component of Green Infrastructure – possibly the only cost effective approach to coping with some of the immense challenges currently facing urban areas such as climate change (coping with extreme events, such as heat-waves and flooding), pollution (inkling health impacts), lack of wildlife habitat, social problems (including mental health) results in from high-density urban living.
The green wall sector is exceptionally dynamic with new product developments and insights constantly emerging.
For this reason a meeting has been arranged by Staffordshire University to bring-together researchers, manufacturers, installers, planners, architects, consultants, developers and policy makers to exchange information and learn of new developments in this exciting technology.
Given that the values and functions of green walls are wide, the university is inviting contributions on any aspect of green walls – and indeed any type of green wall, indoor or outdoor, from naturally colonised walls, through green faí§ades, to living walls.
Obvious areas of interest are:
- aesthetics;
- impact on mental health;
- pollution;
- as a SUDs component;
- biodiversity;
- thermal values and energy conservation;
- acoustic mitigation;
- design issues including resource use (irrigation);
- and moderating local climates.
If you are interested to present at the meeting, send a brief outline of your contribution as soon as possible, but no later than June 15, including: title and nature of contribution (research/case study/technical evaluation, talk/poster), authors, contact information (e-mail + postal address), brief abstract (no more than 150 words) to the organisers: Caroline Chiquet c.chiquet@staffs.ac.uk and Prof. John Dover j.w.dover@staffs.ac.uk.
See the Staffordshire University website for more information on the conference, the presentations accepted so far, and the commercial packages available.
