Understanding the thermal benefits of retrofitting ‘living walls’ to existing buildings

Matthew Fox; Thomas Murphy

doi:10.1680/jcien.2022.175.2.53

Understanding the thermal benefits of retrofitting ‘living walls’ to existing buildings

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Like green roofs, ‘living walls’ offer many environmental, social and economic benefits. Matthew Fox and Tom Murphy of The University of Plymouth report on a study of one of the campus buildings, which proved that a living wall can improve thermal insulation by nearly a third.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53
Number of pages	1
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
Volume	175
Issue number	2
Early online date	5 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.2022.175.2.53
Publication status	Published - May 2022

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research

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