The system is able to generate electricity thanks to a type of symbiotic bacteria that lives alongside the moss. When moss photosynthesizes, some of the organic compounds it produces are released ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. We like to repeat architect Carl Elefante's adage that "the ...

GrowUp Greenwalls is also the master distributor of the vicinity modular green wall systems in North America. Its modular system sets them apart from other green wall companies, with honeycomb-shaped ...

At the industrial Portland warehouse of solar-power and green-roof purveyor SolTerra Systems, 1,200 plants do the dusting. “We used to mop twice a week,” says SolTerra president Brian Heather of ...

Inhabitat got an up-close look at the Suite Plants living walls at Greenbuild 2015, where the green wall team showed off their LivePanel, LivePicture, LiveDivider, and LiveFence options. Our favorite ...

Green walls are regularly used throughout Europe and Asia, and in Tokyo they are considered more valuable than green roofs for cooling the city. But the vegetated green wall is still new to the ...

Plant walls, also known as green walls, vertical gardens, green facades or living walls are structures that allow for vertical plant growth on structures like walls or trellises. These can be found in ...