Greening2022-07-19T19:45:36+00:00

Greening
Greening urban spaces

Bringing more green to urban spaces

Greening

To provide the benefits of ecosystem services available from flourishing vegetation in exchange for the supporting role or ‘trellis’ of steel structure, Jakob Rope Systems products range of applications’ is key to successful ecosystem performance.
The recent interest in ecologically sustainable construction materials and practices has added a new degree of currency and significance to a long-known architectonic topic: the greening of building facades. Plants absorb available CO2, filter out dust and dirt particles, dampen noise exposure and in summer provide a natural form of passive cooling by casting shade and through evapotranspiration. Green facades can mitigate the costs for building air conditioning and recapture usability of perimeter walkways and circulation spaces cooled by natural airflow ventilation. In addition, a green ‘envelope’ or membrane protects the facade from UV radiation, hail, driving rain and wind. Thus, the service life of the building shell is also extended.
Both Jakob wire ropes and end terminations, as well as Webnet wire rope nets are ideally suited for use as climbing supports for green facades. In support of soil based growth media as well as absorbent hydroponic geotextile membranes, stainless steel Webnet performs a unique, durable and flexible structural function, able to perform secure, stress-bearing services in wet and salt-laden conditions for the life of the building

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