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Today, already over 50 % of the world’s population is living in cities. Climate change is an enormous challenge both for residents and for the vegetation. The situation is worsened by the decreasing air quality. This causes that dwellers are suffering from syndromes such as stress, cancer and allergies caused by heat, noise and air pollution. For this reason a vertical plant filter, the CityTree has been developed. It is a vertical plant structure that cleans the air, cools the surroundings, holds back water and reduces noise. Together with its potential to display advertisements, it is a marketing tool for companies. As a result, clean and cool air can be provided economically profitable.
In a lot of metropolitan areas worldwide façade greening is used widely. In contrast in Europe it is still an exception. The paper shows the advantages of such type of greening and underlays it with data. This allows to achieve specific aims such as cooling, stress reduction and air cleaning. Moreover the design is an important feature so that the structure can be integrated into European style cities. The free standing solution offers more independence to deliver the advantages of vertical greening in heat and air pollution hot-spots. Thus a more sustainable and environmental friendly city with a higher standard of living can be created.
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Sänger, P., Splittgerber, V. (2016). The CityTree: A Vertical Plant Filter for Enhanced Temperature Management. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25814-0_6
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