The document discusses Rootwell, a patented tree root aeration and nutrient delivery system. It highlights Rootwell's advantages like directing water, oxygen, and fertilizer to the root zone to eliminate waste. It also notes Rootwell's ability to improve soil aeration and tree health. The document provides examples of notable Rootwell installations and summaries of studies from Davey Tree Experts and Michigan State University that found Rootwell improved tree establishment and growth. It emphasizes Rootwell's ability to help trees survive in poor soils and make landscaping visions more sustainable.
Green roofs & green walls-A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
It includes additional drainage and irrigation systems.
Space is a concern for every urban gardener. You can take your garden to the next level, or start one where you had not thought it was possible! We'll survey growing techniques for vertical surfaces both indoor and out-from vine veneers to living walls. Learn about a variety of vertical planting systems and the appropriate plants for each.
This is the presentation created for the class I offered on June 3, 2015 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
https://classes.bbg.org/CourseStatus.awp?&course=15SGBVGG
A brief overview about the green building strategy known as green roofing. This presentation was originally prepared for St. Louis regional educators who attended the 2014 Sustainability Institute for P12 Educators.
In this time of rising temperatures, abundant rain and socioeconomic imbalance, this seminar will suggest that green roofs are a powerful green building Best Management Practices (BMPs).
This presentation will outline the application, feasibility, benefits and challenges of green roofs in commercial application and put several widely debated questions into perspective: modular trays v. contiguous installations, upfront cost v. long-term investment, green roof v. other options, public access v. limited access, etc. Using local, national and international examples, she will explore green roof issues re: longevity, energy savings, stormwater management, maintenance, incentives and LEED points.
The three learning objectives are a) to understand green roof ROI for commercial buildings, b) to compare stormwater strategies of green roofs v underground cisterns and porous pavers and c) to compare green roofs to a solar roof or a white reflective roof.
Green roofs are a means to lowering the overall ambient temperature, reducing longterm costs on our buildings, sequestering CO2 and producing O2, improving the quality of life in our cities and boosting our green economy. Come learn more about green roofs at this seminar on May 7th.
Although green wall is not a new concept and date back to hanging gardens of Babylonia in 600 BC, but flourished in current decades. In the age of sustainable development planners and architects look for solutions to green the buildings envelops and restore environmental conditions. A variety of different terminology in this area indicates the importance of issue: Hanging or vertical gardens, balcony gardens, vertical farms, containers or planter boxes greening, green roofs or rooftop gardens, green or eco buildings, green walls, wall planters, green envelops and green facades. They can be applied to increase bio diversity and ecological value, out door and indoor value, air quality and finally enhance social and physical well being of city dwellers. This presentation discusses the green facades as one of the vertical greening systems.
Green roofs & green walls-A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
It includes additional drainage and irrigation systems.
Space is a concern for every urban gardener. You can take your garden to the next level, or start one where you had not thought it was possible! We'll survey growing techniques for vertical surfaces both indoor and out-from vine veneers to living walls. Learn about a variety of vertical planting systems and the appropriate plants for each.
This is the presentation created for the class I offered on June 3, 2015 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
https://classes.bbg.org/CourseStatus.awp?&course=15SGBVGG
A brief overview about the green building strategy known as green roofing. This presentation was originally prepared for St. Louis regional educators who attended the 2014 Sustainability Institute for P12 Educators.
In this time of rising temperatures, abundant rain and socioeconomic imbalance, this seminar will suggest that green roofs are a powerful green building Best Management Practices (BMPs).
This presentation will outline the application, feasibility, benefits and challenges of green roofs in commercial application and put several widely debated questions into perspective: modular trays v. contiguous installations, upfront cost v. long-term investment, green roof v. other options, public access v. limited access, etc. Using local, national and international examples, she will explore green roof issues re: longevity, energy savings, stormwater management, maintenance, incentives and LEED points.
The three learning objectives are a) to understand green roof ROI for commercial buildings, b) to compare stormwater strategies of green roofs v underground cisterns and porous pavers and c) to compare green roofs to a solar roof or a white reflective roof.
Green roofs are a means to lowering the overall ambient temperature, reducing longterm costs on our buildings, sequestering CO2 and producing O2, improving the quality of life in our cities and boosting our green economy. Come learn more about green roofs at this seminar on May 7th.
Although green wall is not a new concept and date back to hanging gardens of Babylonia in 600 BC, but flourished in current decades. In the age of sustainable development planners and architects look for solutions to green the buildings envelops and restore environmental conditions. A variety of different terminology in this area indicates the importance of issue: Hanging or vertical gardens, balcony gardens, vertical farms, containers or planter boxes greening, green roofs or rooftop gardens, green or eco buildings, green walls, wall planters, green envelops and green facades. They can be applied to increase bio diversity and ecological value, out door and indoor value, air quality and finally enhance social and physical well being of city dwellers. This presentation discusses the green facades as one of the vertical greening systems.
In the challenge of urban expansion and environmental preservation, sustainable development is a significant response to our century’s requirements. Although vertical greening (green walls) are not a new concept but flourished during the last decade as one of the approaches to sustainability. Vertical gardens, vertical farms, balcony gardens, containers or planter boxes greening, green or eco-buildings, wall planters, and green envelops are all different types of green walls. Planners and designers can look for enhanced solutions where the façades are more than tinted glass barrier; greening the building envelope with vegetation can be used as a mean to restore the environmental conditions in urban areas.
Environmental benefits of green walls have been proven on both new and existing buildings; they can be applied for insulating against environmental impact, mitigating the effect of urban heat island, increasing biodiversity and ecological value, outdoor and indoor comfort, air quality and social and psychological wellbeing. Green walls are categorized into living walls and green facades; living walls which are the subject of this presentation categorized into passive and active systems, Mur-Vegetal and Landscape walls according to their systems and growing method.
In the last five years, the term green roof has taken on ecological and social significance beyond its seemingly simplistic description, this term has become an epithet for the reduction of pollution and improving urban environment, for large scale mitigation of storm water runoff, and for maximum utilization of urban land.
Erbil the capital city of Kurdistan region is facing a lot of environmental problems such as waste water treatment, water supply, land preservation, air and noise pollution due to the increasing number of cars, in addition, interestingly recent statistics suggested that the percentage of green areas in Erbil is approximately 6.5%, while according to international standards 30% of urban areas should be green.
Green roofs infrastructure on the other hand promises to become an increasingly important solution for building owners and community planners which provides a significant numbers of social, environmental and economic benefits that are both public and private nature.
Research problem is the ambiguity of green roofs implementation techniques in the region and the goal is initiated to determine the obstacle and challenges of green roofs implementations in Erbil city as case field by analyzing international experiences and concluding Erbil’s green roofs criteria.
Whether The Ideal Solution For You Is Plant Walls Or Moss Wall Art, Plant Solutions Is The Leader In The Biophilic Interior Design Trend. For more information please visit http://plantsolutions.com/living-green-wall/
The latest advent of innovative ideas and thoughts popping up as green roofing in the minds of Engineers and professionals. The ever changing trends of roof makeover in eco-friendly zones made it a sturdy and diverse option for many homes and buildings.
A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil. Most green walls also feature an integrated water delivery system. Green walls are also known as living walls or vertical gardens.
roof covered with vegetation either completely or partially. Three types of green roof: extensive (shallow), semi intensive (moderate) and intensive (deep) green roofs. History traces back to the Hanging gardens of Babylon. Germany is the birthplace of modern day green roofs. a green roof has seven different layers: waterproofing membrane, root barrier mambrane, protection layer,drainage layer,filter layer, media and the vegetation/plant layer. advantages include reduce energy consumption and urban heat island effect, air pollution, storm water mitigation, noise reduction and aesthetic beauty.
This presentation gives a basic information about green roofing technology with easy English in a simple way. It has been used for conducting data about a study on "Assessing the awareness about green roofing technology and the effect of lecture on it. It is with minimum words and maximum content.
In our second edition of Green Instance, we highlight products, projects, and methodologies that exemplify this philosophy. We believe the future of living infrastructure resides in its ability to be seamlessly integrated with existing technologies. The combination of solar photovoltaic elements and modern green roof technology is one such opportunity. The ‘Sun-Root’ Living Roof System harnesses these principals and is the newest green roof technology to reach the American shores.
More at: http://www.greenrooftechnology.com/green-instance-magazine
The "Memorial Union Roof Garden Project" was a creative concept for a roof garden and water harvesting system on the West Plaza area of Iowa State's iconic Memorial Union building. The idea for the project was first conceived in an Independent Study course - where I collaborated with the Director of the Memorial Union and the Student Society of Landscape Architects (SSLA) to work out initial designs. Then, the following semester, I was able to further develop the concept through a project for my Landscape Architecture class.
In the challenge of urban expansion and environmental preservation, sustainable development is a significant response to our century’s requirements. Although vertical greening (green walls) are not a new concept but flourished during the last decade as one of the approaches to sustainability. Vertical gardens, vertical farms, balcony gardens, containers or planter boxes greening, green or eco-buildings, wall planters, and green envelops are all different types of green walls. Planners and designers can look for enhanced solutions where the façades are more than tinted glass barrier; greening the building envelope with vegetation can be used as a mean to restore the environmental conditions in urban areas.
Environmental benefits of green walls have been proven on both new and existing buildings; they can be applied for insulating against environmental impact, mitigating the effect of urban heat island, increasing biodiversity and ecological value, outdoor and indoor comfort, air quality and social and psychological wellbeing. Green walls are categorized into living walls and green facades; living walls which are the subject of this presentation categorized into passive and active systems, Mur-Vegetal and Landscape walls according to their systems and growing method.
In the last five years, the term green roof has taken on ecological and social significance beyond its seemingly simplistic description, this term has become an epithet for the reduction of pollution and improving urban environment, for large scale mitigation of storm water runoff, and for maximum utilization of urban land.
Erbil the capital city of Kurdistan region is facing a lot of environmental problems such as waste water treatment, water supply, land preservation, air and noise pollution due to the increasing number of cars, in addition, interestingly recent statistics suggested that the percentage of green areas in Erbil is approximately 6.5%, while according to international standards 30% of urban areas should be green.
Green roofs infrastructure on the other hand promises to become an increasingly important solution for building owners and community planners which provides a significant numbers of social, environmental and economic benefits that are both public and private nature.
Research problem is the ambiguity of green roofs implementation techniques in the region and the goal is initiated to determine the obstacle and challenges of green roofs implementations in Erbil city as case field by analyzing international experiences and concluding Erbil’s green roofs criteria.
Whether The Ideal Solution For You Is Plant Walls Or Moss Wall Art, Plant Solutions Is The Leader In The Biophilic Interior Design Trend. For more information please visit http://plantsolutions.com/living-green-wall/
The latest advent of innovative ideas and thoughts popping up as green roofing in the minds of Engineers and professionals. The ever changing trends of roof makeover in eco-friendly zones made it a sturdy and diverse option for many homes and buildings.
A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil. Most green walls also feature an integrated water delivery system. Green walls are also known as living walls or vertical gardens.
roof covered with vegetation either completely or partially. Three types of green roof: extensive (shallow), semi intensive (moderate) and intensive (deep) green roofs. History traces back to the Hanging gardens of Babylon. Germany is the birthplace of modern day green roofs. a green roof has seven different layers: waterproofing membrane, root barrier mambrane, protection layer,drainage layer,filter layer, media and the vegetation/plant layer. advantages include reduce energy consumption and urban heat island effect, air pollution, storm water mitigation, noise reduction and aesthetic beauty.
This presentation gives a basic information about green roofing technology with easy English in a simple way. It has been used for conducting data about a study on "Assessing the awareness about green roofing technology and the effect of lecture on it. It is with minimum words and maximum content.
In our second edition of Green Instance, we highlight products, projects, and methodologies that exemplify this philosophy. We believe the future of living infrastructure resides in its ability to be seamlessly integrated with existing technologies. The combination of solar photovoltaic elements and modern green roof technology is one such opportunity. The ‘Sun-Root’ Living Roof System harnesses these principals and is the newest green roof technology to reach the American shores.
More at: http://www.greenrooftechnology.com/green-instance-magazine
The "Memorial Union Roof Garden Project" was a creative concept for a roof garden and water harvesting system on the West Plaza area of Iowa State's iconic Memorial Union building. The idea for the project was first conceived in an Independent Study course - where I collaborated with the Director of the Memorial Union and the Student Society of Landscape Architects (SSLA) to work out initial designs. Then, the following semester, I was able to further develop the concept through a project for my Landscape Architecture class.
Pre-CRM Planning Tips for SMB's
In this presentation, we’ll look the basics of Pre-CRM planning and how your organization can stem the tide of over blown CRM costs and engineer systems that will meet your sales and marketing objectives.
In December 2015, two Hills Weeping Figs (Ficus microcarpa var. ‘Hillii’) were excavated to evaluate the root growth patterns in Citygreen’s Stratacell systems. This report documents the patterns of root growth and states key findings on the Stratacell system.
Basic presentation that can be used for schools interested in school gardens aimed for Qld Australia extensive national grants links,feel free to use and improve
Green Walls Technology: Benefits and Design
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil. Most green walls also feature an integrated water delivery system. Green walls are also known as living walls or vertical gardens.
2. The Rootwell Advantage
Direct active oxygen exchange to the critical root-zone
Direct watering to the root zone eliminating wasteful run off
Direct fertilization to root zone eliminating costly waste
Direct visual installation inspection criteria for newly
planted trees
Direct evacuation of excess water from the root-zone
3. Innovating tree care since 1997
Over one million Rootwell’s installed
o 2 Patents, 2 Patent Pending
Targeted tree root solutions
o Mitigating Poor Soils
o Compacted soils and clay soils
o Oxygen and nutrient deprived soils
Sustained measured results
o Davey Tree Study, Michigan State University Study, Anecdotal
evidence over 11 years of data
4. Notable Rootwell Installations
• Disneyland ~ Orlando, Florida
• Kew Gardens ~ London, England
• Tiger Woods Golf Course ~ Al Ruwaya, Dubai
• Olympic Village ~ Beijing, China
• The Mall ~ Washington D.C.
• 9/11 Memorial ~ New York City, New York
• National Institute of Health ~ Bethesda, MD
• San Diego Zoo ~ San Diego, California
5. In 1998 Rootwell partnered with Rainbird to add a full root
irrigation product for trees and shrubs - RWS
6. Davey Tree Study; Evaluation of Rootwell® System in the Establishment and
Health of Bare Root Transplanted Trees October, 2000
“In our (Davey Tree) opinion, proper fertilization and
proper improvement of soil aeration can positively
improve overall plant health and should be included as
a part of the plant health care management tool.
Rootwell Systems should be a good tool to use in
areas where hardscape, like concrete, exits.”
7. Michigan State University by Bert Craigg ; Growth and physiology of
landscape trees in response to root aeration with Rootwell’s,
Objective: The objective of the current project is to determine the effect of the Rootwell root
aeration system on growth and physiology of recently established landscape trees.
With Rootwell With out
Rootwell
8 weeks after installation
Trees are located at the western edge of the campus entrance off Trowbridge Road
13. Poor soils and soil compaction can result in
Water and nutrient runoff
Deprivation of oxygen and nutrients forcing roots to surface
Roots seeking survival develop adventitious roots and or
dysfunctional root mass
Slow death Girdling roots, typically outside warranty period
16. Patented: Air convection cap
Warmer lighter oxygen
rises using air convection
Cooler heavier Oxygen
sinks down exchange tube
17.
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19. •Direct Watering to the root zone
•Captures potable water and rain water,
above and below the surface redirecting it to
the root zone
•Efficient utilization of our water resource
saves on costly over watering
•As the water in the macropores drains away
a fresh supply of air enters the soil to provide
oxygen for root respiration.
•Direct Fertilization to root zone
•Deep root targeted fertilization saves time
and money
•Reduced fertilizer runoff to aquifer, streams,
rivers and lakes helps to reduce the
environmental impact
22. MDOT tree installation fall 2008 at East I-96 & Beck Rd in Novi,
Michigan. Rootwell was installed summer 2009.
Trees showed equal stress, coin-flip determined the Rootwell tree
Bark protector is
Rootwell indicator
Rootwell trees showed significant improvement in 8 weeks
23. Note the crown of the trees
Density and color of the foliage
Rootwell tree
comparison after
8 weeks
With Rootwell Without Rootwell
25. Same Trees – Before and after Rootwell
before after
26. City of Royal Oak 1997
20 Bradford Pears were planted and 3 of the trees with Rootwell’s. Only 4
Bradford Pears remain in the park; the 3 healthiest are the Rootwell trees
28. Rootwell Specifications
Specifications for 3” Diameter Root Aeration and Nutrient
Delivery Device for Trees
The tree root aeration and nutrient delivery device shall be
manufactured specifically for this purpose. It shall be constructed of
a single tubular high-density polypropylene polymer. The root
aeration device shall contain sidewall openings in a horizontal and
vertical pattern, equally spaced, that span the entire length and
circumference in a uniform manner providing a 5:1 ratio of sidewall
openings area to total surface area equally. The sidewall openings
may number in the thousands depending on the length and diameter
of the root aeration tube model. The root aeration device shall be
capable of having the sidewall shape distorted without damage to the
device. The top and bottom end caps shall be constructed of a high-
density styrene polymer. The top end cap also contains the air
convection insert device which shall have a flexible central tube that
extends from the top cap into the tube’s interior 5”. The flexible tube
shall have an outside sidewall dimension of .3125 “, and an internal
diameter of .25 “. The top cap has additional ¼” openings to
promote the convection of internal air currents with outside air for
fresh air transition for increased Oxygen and Nitrogen content.
The dimensions: 18”L x 3” Diameter.
Approved manufacturer: Rootwell Products, Inc. / Model: Rootwell
Pro-318
This patented product is available from Rootwell Products, Inc. at
248-227-5705 or www.Rootwell.Com
29. Practical cost review with Rootwell
•Project requires 1,000 trees
•Total installed cost with $250,000.00
•Cost per installed tree $250.00
• Tree stock, labor, equipment, replacement multiplier
•Project requires 4,000 Rootwell’s
•Total purchased cost $23,000.00
•Cost per tree $23.00 additional
•Minimal labor addition to set Rootwell into planting pit
• Water savings, deep root feeding savings and Aeration to compacted soil.
•Less than 10% of the installed cost
•What is your Mortality rate; both in and out of warranty?
•Anything over 9% will pay for the Rootwell purchase cost