On 2013-03-21, at 7:07 AM, Feile Butler wrote: > Has anyone tried living walls? Allegedly 1m2 of living wall per 100m2 of floor space will do the trick for creating fresh air within a building. I'm not sure if this is only for office space and whether the occupation patterns of a home would require different treatment. > > It's not maintenance free, but it's a different kind of maintenance - dare I say, enjoyable and theraputic. And if designed into a project properly at the beginning - it could be a stunning focal point in a home/building, rather than kit to be hidden out the back. > > Low-tech, natural and beautiful - is it too good to be true? > > Cheers > > Feile > > By the way, despite my previous vent (excuse the pun), I do not believe that air-tightness is bad and leaky buildings are good. I agree that we need to manage air movement in and out of buildings. But I sometimes wonder are we so focused on mechanical ventilation systems, could there be other elegant solutions that we are missing? > > > > Féile Butler > MRIAI B.Arch Dip. Arch Conservation Grade III > Mud and Wood > Grange Beg, Skreen, Co. Sligo, Ireland > > T: +353 (0) 71 930 0488 > M: +353 (0) 86 806 8382 > E : feile@mudandwood.com > W: www.mudandwood.com > _______________________________________________ > GSBN mailing list > GSBN@sustainablesources.com > http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN Prof. John F Straube, P.Eng. www.BuildingScience.com