Tiga Europe — Green Walls

Green Walls Specialists

"Green walls are found most often in urban environments where the plants reduce overall temperatures of the building which in turn reduces energy consumption. "The primary cause of heat build-up in cities is insulation, the absorption of solar radiation by roads and buildings in the city and the storage of this heat in the building material and its subsequent re-radiation. Plant surfaces however, as a result of transpiration, do not rise more than 4–5 °C above the ambient and are sometimes cooler."[3]

Living walls may also be a means for water reuse. The plants may purify slightly polluted water (such as greywater) by absorbing the dissolved nutrients. Bacteria mineralize the organic components to make them available to the plants.

Living walls are particularly suitable for cities, as they allow good use of available vertical surface areas. They are also suitable in arid areas, as the circulating water on a vertical wall is less likely to evaporate than in horizontal gardens.

The living wall could also function for urban agriculture or urban gardening. It may be built as a work of architecture, or to create an aesthetically pleasing view, ie hide an industrial or service building, roadway or railway line."

Tiga TG Green Screen System -For external use only

Welded mesh trellis system designed to carry climbing plants and create a wall of vegetation. Facade required background waterproofing on buildings with closed surface envelope. This system is relatively lightweight and can accommodate hedera, hornbeam and beech plants.

The recommended irrigation system for this system is leaky pip, fertilizer can be applied manually.

Flexipanel System - Intera / External uses

This lightweight modular system on flexipanels incorporating mineral wool substrate plates, can be used to green curves.

Approximately 15 varieties of perennial species are available with this system. The recommended irrigation system - leaky pipe auto-feed & web based communications unit.