DESIGNING BUILDINGS AND FACADES INDIVIDUALLY
Facade greening
Use a facade greening to upgrade and individually design the facades of your buildings through various creepers, tendrils and twiners.
DECO LINE from BRUGG Lifting provides you with the products necessary in the façade greening to offer your plants a safe hold: spacers, cross clamps, climbing rungs and wire ropes made of stainless steel. Fulfill your personal design wish and just combine different elements of DECO LINE with parts from FINE LINE, DO IT LINE or STANDARD LINE.
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Advantages of facade greening
A facade greening does something good both for yourself and the planted building. You can benefit from different advantages.
Good indoor climate
Facade greenings have an insulating effect which helps to avoid extreme variations in temperature inside the building. Thus, a pleasant room climate can be achieved in a natural way.
Facade protection
Planting the facade protects it from sun and rain, thus increasing its lifetime.
Attractive appearance
Green facades are simply beautiful! The combination of living green and architecture offers a wealth of charming design options. Together with architects and garden designers, the specialists from Brugg have already realized numerous attractive solutions.
Creating green spaces
In many places ground is scarce and expensive. A green dress for houses opens up the possibility to create additional green space at a favorable price. These micro-gardens raise the quality of our lives.
Steps towards a perfect facade greening
A perfect facade greening requires some steps of planning, design and plant selection.
Planning and Design
When planning a construction for climbers, you need to consider the following weights and forces:
Depending on species, growth and care, the plant’s weight can range from between 1 and 50 kg/m2.
The wire ropes, spacers, climbing rungs and cross clamps included in the architectural rope program from Brugg provide simple, lightweight and yet sturdy fixtures for your climbing plants.
Furthermore, wind pressure, cross wind and wind suction must be taken into account. For this reason, expect an estimated impact pressure of 0.5 kN/m2 for a climber construction of up to 8 meters. For a height between 8 and 20 meters, the pressure would be approx. 0.8 kN/m2 and approx. 1.1 kN/m2 beyond 20 meters. In addition, the fixing devices must take up cross wind forces and tensile loads caused by wind pull.
Another important factor is the tension forces of the ropes which must never be neglected. If, for instance, the entire vertical load is taken up at the top and the bottom, the upper fixture must take up the entire vertical load plus half of the wind load, whereas its lower counterpart only has to deal with half of the wind load. So always be sure to include a sufficient load reserve in your plans!
It should be noted that snow, rain and dew will put a considerable extra load on a planted scaffold. When planning a scaffold structure as a climbing aid, you should therefore calculate with the double or even triple value of the plant’s weight to maximize the life of your façade greening.
Rope configurator for your façade greening
Our rope configurator enables you, easily and intuitively in a few steps, to assemble wire ropes, spacers, climbing rungs and cross clamps for your façade greening and to complement these parts with elements from FINE LINE, STANDARD LINE and MID LINE.
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Plants for facade greening
Design your façade according to your ideas by an individual plant selection. The following species are suitable for façade greening.
Twiners such as glycinia, honeysuckles, celastrus, pharbitis and hop wrap themselves around their climbing aids. In the first place, they need vertical climbing aids. With stainless steel ropes, nice and inexpensive solutions may be realized.
The family of the vitaceae comprises creepers like genuine vines, ampelopsis, cucumbers and passifloraceae. Similar to the ranunculaceae, they thrive best on web- or trellis-like creeping aids, which can be designed as long-lasting, attractive objects using stainless steel ropes, rope cross clamps and spacing pieces.
Ranunculaceae such as nasturtium and clematis clasp their climbing aids and therefore need trellis- or web-like constructions. For this purpose, stainless steel ropes are well suited in combination with spacing pieces and rope cross clamps.
Rambling roses, jasminum nudiflorum and other spreading climbers grow and cling with their bristles, spines and lateral offshoots. They find a perfect climbing aid in horizontal rope constructions made of stainless steel.
Parthenocissus (wild wine) is the most widespread adhesive climber in our latitudes. It actually does not need any climbing aid, since it can cling even to very smooth surfaces thanks to its anchoring feet. Thereby, however, adhesive climbers can cause facade damage.
Root climbers such as ivy, euonymus, hydrangea and campsis hold themselves with their air roots and do not need any climbing aid. Just like adhesive climbers, these plants can easily cause facade damage.
BRUGG Lifting is a new member of the Federal Association for Green Building in Germany. The Federal Association for Green Building e. V. (BuGG) is the exciting result of the merger of two long-established associations: the German Roof Gardener Association e. V. (DDV) and the Specialist Association for Building Greening e. V. (FBB). This merger avoids duplication of efforts, consolidates strengths, and enhances BuGG’s impact as a professional association and advocate for building greening in all its forms.
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Types of Facade Greening
Climbing Plants:
Self-climbers like ivy or climbing roses adhere to the facade using their rootlets, creating a green wall.
Scaffold Climbers:
These plants require climbing aids such as trellises or supports to grow upwards.
Wall-Mounted Plant Walls:
These systems involve planting at intervals on the facade, creating a natural green appearance.
Greening Systems:
Modern systems use stainless steel cables to guide climbing plants and enable greening.
What is Needed for Facade Greening?
Rootlets and Suction Discs:
Climbing plants require adhesive structures like rootlets or suction discs to cling to the facade.
Supporting Structures:
Scaffold climbers need suitable supports or trellises to grow upwards.
Foliage:
The leaves of the plants contribute to greening and provide additional benefits such as shade and oxygen production.
Plant Selection:
Choosing the right plants for facade greening is critical and should match the site conditions.
Maintenance of Facade Greening
Facade Greening Maintenance
Suitable Plants for Facade Greening
The selection of suitable plants depends on various factors such as the facade's orientation, climate, and desired aesthetics. Popular plants for facade greening include climbing hydrangeas, wisteria, and honeysuckle.
Guidelines for Facade Greening
Depending on the location and type of facade greening, approval and notification procedures may be required. It is essential to adhere to local regulations to avoid legal issues.
Grants for Facade Greening
In some regions, there are grant programs that financially support the installation of facade greening. This can be an attractive option for building owners looking to invest in green design. We also offer other wire ropes.
Alternativen zur Fassadenbegrünung
Neben der klassischen Fassadenbegrünung gibt es auch andere Möglichkeiten, die Fassade zu gestalten, wie beispielsweise Fassadenmalerei oder Verkleidungen. Wir haben auch andere Drahtseile im Angebot.
Conclusion: What Does Facade Greening Bring?
Facade greening not only offers aesthetic benefits but also contributes to improving the microclimate, reducing air pollutants, and minimizing noise. It creates a pleasant environment and enhances the structural stability of the building.
For more information on facade greening and other solutions in the field of cable technology and architecture, please visit our website or contact our BRUGG Lifting team. We are here to answer your questions and provide the best solutions for your project.