The population explosion continually witnessed in urban areas results in more impenetrable
surfaces like built structures and roads. Rapid urbanization increases air temperature and …

The green facades and living walls of vertical greenery systems (VGS) are gaining
increasing importance as sustainable building design elements because they can improve …

Vertical green facades (VGFs) are one of the most promising technologies for reducing
building energy consumption and mitigating the urban heat island phenomenon. Many …

The subject of the article concerns vertical urban farms that play an important role in nature-
based solutions and ecosystem services for the city. In the face of a changing climate …

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Green façades in the urban environment represent points of biodiversity value, contributing
to species conservation, acting as urban wildlife corridors connecting elements, and also …

This research aims to implement green walls as thermal insulators on the east and west
facades of the adjacent areas of the School of Biological Sciences at Ricardo Palma …

With the globalization and population growth, urbanization trends have attracted higher
number of people to towns and cities causing very high population densities and space …

Since the introduction of vertical greenery systems (VGSs) in Singapore, building designers
have experimented with different VGS designs and types to apply to high-rise building …

Civil engineers have a responsibility to take measures to protect marine biodiversity by
selecting more bioreceptive construction materials in the design of marine infrastructure, for …