Zelená fasáda Schüco AF UDC 80 Green Facade: Cleans the air, increases energy efficiency, reduces noise, beautifies cities

More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and this number is rising. In densely populated areas with a large amount of paved surfaces, green spaces and plants are often lacking. As part of the fight against this trend, Schüco has developed the aluminum green façade Schüco AF UDC 80 Green Façade. The project solution of the dynamic modular façade Schüco UDC 80 offers a high degree of freedom in design with a variety of plant species and structures. The green façade is made from non-combustible building materials of class A and features a high level of prefabrication for quick and easy installation. Plants are supplied by the specialized company Vertiko GmbH.

Due to dense construction and concrete and asphalt surfaces that absorb heat, many large cities suffer from the heat island effect, where air circulation is barely possible, and temperatures rise. Exhaust emissions from cars and waste heat from air conditioning also contribute to the accumulation of heat and air pollution. Therefore, people around the world are turning to green buildings with plants on façades, terraces, balconies, and roofs. Schüco is responding to this trend with the new AF UDC 80 Green Façade system. Green façades offer many advantages: They improve the urban climate by absorbing carbon dioxide and cleaning the air of particulate matter and harmful substances. At the same time, they produce oxygen, replace the lack of green spaces, and revitalize and beautify cities.

Green façades offer a high degree of design flexibility

Instead of planting greenery in the ground, Schüco AF UDC 80 Green Façade offers a solution where plants grow directly on the façade. The flora on the façade does not require any connection to the ground, making it particularly suitable for inner-city areas. Green façades also provide a high degree of design flexibility, allowing individual patterns to be created by covering only certain parts of the façade with plants. Green units can be installed anywhere on the building. The plants are irrigated using an integrated system that is not visible from the outside. Schüco AF UDC 80 Green Façade allows for a large mass of foliage on the building, further enhancing the positive effects of the living wall. The greenery thus protects the building envelope from weather influences and increases energy efficiency during the building's operation. This is achieved because the plants provide effective insulation and natural shading, reducing temperature fluctuations and, consequently, costs for heating and air conditioning. The green façade also contributes to noise reduction, as plants absorb sound waves and thus have a positive effect on noise pollution in large cities.

Quick and easy installation of green façade modules

Once the greenery is planted in the modules, the construction allows for easy attachment to the UDC 80 façade unit, with modules being hung on the façade at the site. Therefore, the entire greenery appears on the building envelope immediately after installation, as the plants grow quickly and do not require much care. For this purpose, Schüco and Vertiko use non-combustible building materials of class A for the substrate and pockets for plants to ensure compliance with the strictest safety requirements.

The Schüco AF UDC 80 green façade represents a sustainable design solution for cities. The Schüco facility in Bielefeld will soon also feature a green façade.

Instead of planting greenery in the ground, the Schüco AF UDC 80 green façade offers a solution where plants grow directly on the façade.

By allowing certain parts of the façade to be planted with greenery, the Schüco AF UDC 80 façade system provides a high degree of design freedom and allows for the creation of individual designs.

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