Cost–benefit analysis for green façades and living wall systems
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...Vertical greening systems, definitions and their characteristics [32, 34]....
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...Therefore, they are usually more expensive and require higher maintenance [32]....
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...Vertical greening systems are usually classified into green façades and living walls in accordance with their growingmethod (Ottelé et al. 2011; Perini and Rosasco 2013)....
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...Green façades involve climbing plants to cover vertical surfaces and are subdivided into direct and indirect green façades [11,20,28,39,43]....
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...Comparison of different scenarios according to Perini & Rosasco [20]....
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...Concerning energy saving due to green walls Perini & Rosasco [20] assume a reduction of energy costs for air conditioning between 10 and 20%, saving costs of up to 2017V/year....
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...Thus, Perini & Rosasco [20] provided a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) on vertical greening systems to evaluate their economic sustainability....
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...From their CBA Perini & Rosasco [20] finally concluded that it is mandatory to minimize the economic impact of some kind of vertical greening systems, especially greenwalls, by reducing initial costs for their installation enabling awider use and thus to improve dense cities' environmental conditions....
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