Impact of Climbing Plants on Buildings and Their Environment

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Author(s): Jacek Borowski (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 13
Source title: Design Solutions for nZEB Retrofit Buildings
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Elzbieta Rynska (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland), Urszula Kozminska (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland), Kinga Zinowiec-Cieplik (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland), Joanna Rucinska (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)and Barbara Szybinska-Matusiak (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4105-9.ch013

Keywords: Civil Engineering / Engineering Science Reference / Science & Engineering

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In this chapter, the impact of climbing plants on facades of buildings and their surroundings is presented. Benefits and risks of plant growth on the walls are discussed with respect to their durability. Economic benefits from the presence of vines are shown including energy savings for home heating and cooling. Additionally, the phytoremediation (cleaning up the environment by plants) properties of vines are describe. It should be stated that climbing plants can contribute to damage only in places where facades are damaged, plaster cracked, or where plants are incorrectly planted.

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