Living Walls Absorb Noise, Outperform Most Materials

Living walls soothe our hectic lives. They not only look beautiful, clean the air, cool buildings, and support bio-diversity, a recent study from Spain proves how they absorb the harsh effects of urban noise and provide an individual oasis of calm.

A study by Spain's Department of Thermal Engineering at the University of the Basque Country measured the sound absorption of living walls over a range of frequencies in an acoustic test chamber.

Living Wall Reverberation Testing Room. -Applied Acoustics.

The study by Applied Acoustics concluded that :

• Green walls provide a weighted sound reduction index of 15 db.
• Green Walls gave a measure a sound absorption coefficient of 0.40.
• Green wall have significant potential for sound insulation for vegetal architecture.

Sound absorption coefficient value comparison between the green wall and common building materials. -Applied Materials

Florafelt Pockets Living Wall in Cleveland, Ohio by Architect Marika Shiori-Clark for Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

Compared to other building materials, living walls offer a significant reduction in noise, with the benefits of beauty and ecological harmony nothing else provides.

An urban oasis provides a place for relief. Florafelt Pockets living wall by Gardens of Babylon Nashville, Tennessee.