Living Walls: The Future of Green Infrastructure in Cities - CPD-Accredited

The Living Walls: The Future of Green Infrastructure in Cities training aims to promote the benefits of living walls and how they can improve air quality, and regulate temperature and humidity. Learn how living walls can improve the environment, increasing productivity and well-being, and reducing stress. The training explores the different types of living walls, understanding how they are functionally and aesthetically integrated into the landscape. Learn about their involvement in sustainable urban development and increase access to green spaces in urban areas, breathing life into cities.

 

This training will help you understand the benefits and potential uses of living walls, as well as how they are installed and maintained.

  • You will learn how they can improve air quality by absorbing pollutants and releasing oxygen, and how they help to regulate temperature and humidity. 
  • You will discover how living walls can improve the environment on many levels, increasing productivity and well-being, and reducing stress.
  • You will explore different types of living walls, understanding  how they are functionally and aesthetically integrated into the landscape
  • You will discover how living walls promote sustainable urban development and increase access to green spaces in urban areas, breathing life into cities.
  • You will gain insight into how living walls increase the biodiversity of an urban space, contributing to food security, food system resilience, and sustainability at the city level.
  • You will dive into the workings of living walls and how they are installed and maintained.

 

This training is CPD accredited.

Curriculum :
1. Introduction to Living Walls
2. History of Living Walls
3. Thermal Regulation
4. Urbanisation
5. Air Quality
6. Biomass and Carbon
7. Indoor CO2 and Productivity
8. Biophilia and the Workplace
9. Urban Renewal
10. The Economics of Biophilia
11. Biodiversity
12. Installing Living Walls
13. Irrigation systems, Grow Lights and Access for Maintanance
14. Knowledge Test