Green urban infrastructure matters!
What to do with all this space between rail or tram tracks, along roads and motorways? Green Designs on the Move™ – an innovative conceptual vegetated design scheme which can be implemented on vehicles or which can turn the usual ”grey” surfaces of highways and railways tracks to green surfaces.
An innovative conceptual vegetated design scheme that can:
• work as part of a transportation infrastructure (tracks, roads…)
• be implemented on vehicles (cars, trains, boats…)
Urbanscape® Green Design on the Move™ concept makes the moving infrastructure a little bit greener by introducing vegetation into the equation.
Learn more about the components and download the product data sheets.
1. Green vehicles
We are happy to be working with entrepreneur Marc Granen and his patented phytokinetic concept. By using Urbanscape® lightweight growing media and Marc’s creative design expertise, it’s easy to create and fit out vegetated vehicles
2. Living boats
Furthermore, we have a good record of greening houseboats, where our green roofs have been proven to improve comfort for full-time boat residents. A green roof mounted on a boat shields the boat from direct heat radiation and from heat emitted by the sun. All this leads to lower temperatures for such residents.
3. Vivid caravans and campers
A similar concept is also being implemented on campers and caravans. These vehicles may be on the move, but the major effect of a green roof actually comes into play once they are stationary and used as a living space.
If you would like to learn more on how to vegetate your vehicle, simply contact us via our e-mail and our designers will get back to you as soon as possible.
It’s so easy to green rail and tramway tracks.
As part of the Urbanscape® Green Solution we provide designs that are customized to specific projects and specific climate zones. Whether it’s a rail- or tram track or in the longer run a large highway project, we have designs that will help reduce labour costs at the installation stage and reduce maintenance costs throughout the entire lifetime of the project.
By using the innovative Urbanscape® Needled Mineral Wool Growing media and taking advantage of the low maintenance required by specially selected Sedum species you won’t see any more highways backed up due to regular lawn mowing.
With the proper urban greening of city environments the entire population will see the benefits for decades, even centuries to come. That should encourage landscapers to use sustainable materials to plant more, to give back to nature, to make at least a small contribution in view of all that nature gives to us.
Urbanscape® Green Rolls deliver fast and long-term stable water re-absorption and water retention performance. A mere 1m2 of Urbanscape® Green Roll just 2 cm thick absorbs a whole 17 litres of rainwater. Depending on the local climate and the weather / season, water savings of up to 75 % can be achieved.
Urbanscape® Geen Rolls ensure that the right amount of water is made available to plant roots over extended periods of time. As a result, the need for additional irrigation systems is substantially reduced.
The water made available in reservoirs created by Urbanscape® Green Rolls ensures proper plant root growth and well dispersed root distribution.
Thanks to the high water and fertilizer storage capacity of Urbanscape® Green Rolls, early- and long-flowering periods can be established, and plants are able to recover faster after extended dry periods
One major advantage of Urbanscape® Green Rolls are their ability to reduce storm water runoff, which translates into lower burdens on sewer systems. It can lower costs by eliminating the need for rain caching cisterns and similar equipment commonly used to manage storm water. And high rainwater retention capability helps reduce the number of accidents caused by heavy rainfall.
Urbanscape® Green Roll is made from various common rock mixtures that are widely available in nature. The lightweight open structure of the product promotes extensive root distribution and vigorous plant growth.
Urbanscape® Green Roll is extremly lightweight and easy to install.
By placing Urbanscape® Green Rolls below the soil layer or any other growing media, the water-retention capacity and aeration are improved. That makes the water and nutrients easily accessible to plants.
Customised designs for specific projects and specific climate zones.
There are certain local aspects and project requirements that contribute to the fine-tuning of designs and concepts. In order to better understand the concept we can split it into two parts:
• Green vehicles
• Green roads and tracks
CHECK BORDELINE CASE STORIES
Where customer needs particularly determined the type of green roof construction:
Urbanscape® CAD Details
Download some of our conceptual CAD designs.
It’s so easy to green highways, rail- and tramway tracks. A set of several Urbanscape Green Designs on the MoveTM detail drawings (CAD designs) was made to assist architects and other designers with their work.
