BIOWALLS: Living Walls Filter Out Toxins Indoors (VIDEO)

By now we've all seen green roofs (and voted on our favorite green roofs), but what about green walls? Biowalls, a very cool concept, look amazing and actively, naturally purify the air indoors.

I've known a lot of offices that could use that service, plus it would be a great change of pace from a sparsely-decorated workplace.

Here's one example in Morristown, N.J.

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A little more about the LEED-certified building:

The building features solar panels, a geothermal heating/ cooling system, the largest biowall (living wall of special plants) in the United States, a vegetative roof, sunshades on the exterior to block heat in summer and promote solar warmth in winter, high performance windows, lighting controls to conserve energy, and recycled/local/ regional/renewable and no-toxic interior materials.

Comments

[Cynth]

I would love a biowall in my home. It looks beautiful, lush, and I'm sure it's feels great being surrounded by so much indoor greenery, too!

[edwcorey]

Bio walls attract other kinds of biota--notably insect life.

[rf-hawaii]

That's what I was thinking. Sounds like a threat to human health.

[Twopennygal]

So you don't have any plants in your home because they draw insects?

[yellowdogminnesotan]

I want one for my house. Better yet lets put one in the congress, that should help filter all the crap flying in the air at that place.

[sueinmn]

sounds like a great idea for congress.

[medici]

Filter out the hot air in Congress? I hope the biowall is up to the task because that's a whole lot of hot air.

[psychmaj323]

interesting.

[topkatnc]

I didn't understand what they meant about Pres Obama and his views and labor unions. Is he for or aganist them. I'm Sandy from N.C.

[forpeace]

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Very interesting!

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