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Living Infrastructure Will Benefit Australia’s Ageing Population

Case Studies, Green Roofs, Living Design, Living Infrastructure, Published Articles

Living Infrastructure Will Benefit Australia’s Ageing Population

Living Infrastructure Will Benefit Australia’s Ageing Population By Jock Gammon This article was originally published in Sourceable Australia’s ageing population is about to greatly increase the country’s demand for living infrastructure. Anyone who knows Baby Boomers knows this generation is not going to go off quietly into old age. Combine that with the fact that Australians are living longer, and it is essential we unlock the benefits of integrating plants and living infrastructure systems into our aged care facilities. Green roof, Bridgepoint Australians have one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and more than 15 per cent of our population is currently aged 65 years [...]

Vanessa Lasses 2017-10-23T14:23:02+00:00 October 17th, 2017|Categories: Case Studies, Green Roofs, Living Design, Living Infrastructure, Published Articles|Tags: Aged Care, Biophilia, Dementia, green facades, green roof, green roofs, Green Wall, green walls, Health, living infrastructure|

Five times green walls elevated interior architecture

Breathing Wall, Case Studies, News, Published Articles

Five times green walls elevated interior architecture

Five times green walls elevated interior architecture This article was originally published in Architecture & Design Plant-covered buildings have become immensely popular over the last few years – and understandably so. Exterior green roofs and walls have several benefits for our environment, from ‘cleaning’ the air in our cities to acting as noise insulators and regulating the indoor temperatures of a building. Not to mention how good they look, and how little maintenance they require if they are properly installed. These same advantages are shared by green walls that are used indoors. Interior living walls help to improve indoor air [...]

Vanessa Lasses 2017-08-21T14:38:02+00:00 August 21st, 2017|Categories: Breathing Wall, Case Studies, News, Published Articles|

The grass is greener in Orange

Case Studies, Living Infrastructure

The grass is greener in Orange

The Junglefy team recently created an innovative new green roof for the new Orange Regional Museum which included over 1200 rolls of turf. The new museum is attracting widespread media attention, including Prime 7, The Central Western Daily and ABC News and is set to become a feature of this bustling regional town. Orange City Council have taken a progressive approach to the design and sustainability aspects of the new museum, and the new grass roof will not only be a beautiful place for people to enjoy, it also has numerous sustainability features, including serving as an insulator for the building. In order to ensure the grass and soil don't erode from the roof, we used a product called [...]