How Vertical Gardens Can Cool down your Space and Reduce Energy Bills

With the hottest weeks of the summer upon us on top of already rising temperatures globally, there’s no question that everyone is looking for creative ways to stay cool and cut their energy costs while doing so. Believe it or not, one of the many benefits of a living plant wall is its ability to absorb solar rays and reduce the temperature within your space. Studies have also shown that the installation of such indoor or outdoor vertical gardens can cut your energy bill by upwards of 20%.

With careful placement of vertical gardens, plants can break vertical airflow, which slows and cools down the air. For example, this one study has shown that the installation of an exterior garden can cool the building’s temperature by 18 degrees. The garden’s green vegetation is naturally designed to improve reflection of solar radiation and reduce heat.

Additionally, through a process called transpiration, plants have the ability to cool themselves as well as the environments surrounding them.

Our grid and tray system as well as their accompanying plants and living wall planters are a great way to install a vertical garden at scale whether it be small or large. They are modular systems that can be used to take up a section of a wall or an an entire indoor or outdoor space. However the more green vegetation a wall can take on, the more solar absorption and reflection is possible to cool a space.