Health and safety issues relating to the installation of vertical greening systems

 
Revision questions
  1. What safety measures must be taken into consideration when working at height?

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Appropriate locations for interior and exterior vertical greening systems

Revision questions
  1. Which statements below are correct:
    1. Indoor light is sufficient for plant growing.  
    2. When choosing a location for an external wall we must take into consideration: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, precipitation, and solar radiation.
    3. Living walls should be exposed to direct sunlight. 
    4. Plants that grow more slowly are more resilient and robust and therefore less susceptible to the wind.
    5. Living walls have no visual impact on the overall appearance of the building.
    6. Strong winds can permanently damage plants and can even tear them out of the wall.

 

Installation of vertical greening systems

Revision questions

  1. What are some of the issues we have to consider before installing a vertical greening system?
  2. What are substructures of living walls for?
  3. Which types of substructures are used? Describe one in detail.
  4. What is inside the machine room?
  5. Why is it necessary to regularly clean the water filters?
  6. Match the items on the left with the appropriate explanation on the right.

PUMP

Placed above the panel, pot, container or trough.

SOFTWARE

A device that distributes water to different parts of the living wall using a suction basket

PVC MATERIALS

Controls the irrigation, fertigation, lighting and heating and provides information.

DRIP EMITTERS

Pipes

LIGHTS

They monitor the correct moisture level in plants. The most accurate is the   frequency domain reflectometer.

SENSORS

High-pressure sodium lamps which provide between 500 – 2.200 lux.

 


Appropriate techniques for water preparation

Revision questions

  1. How are plant roots prepared before installing them in a living wall?
  2. What do plants require for optimal root development?
  3. Which scales are used for measuring bicarbonates in the water?
  4. What is the nutritional function of magnesium and iron?
  5. What is the optimal pH value of the water used for irrigation? How can it be reduced?
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