Urban greening

advanced systems
 OUR SERVICES
• Technical Consulting Services in Urban Greening integration projects for buildings and
urban areas (Living walls and Green Roofs)

• Urban Greening Projects design and management

• Gardening and Landscaping projects design

• Integral management and execution of our systems

Terapia Urbana is a Technology-Based Company linked to the University of Seville.
OUR ADVANTAGES
Our main objective is to improve the environmental and wellness quality in buildings
by means of the development and installation of Urban Greening systems, which • Multidisciplinary team:
incorporate Nature into our cities. Our team is composed of Ph. D Engineers experts in Urban Greening systems from the
University of Seville and Architects with high range of experience in technical design
Terapia Urbana is integrated by Architects and Engineers specialised in: and execution of projects. We also work with flexible and professional providers who
complete our value chain.
• Urban Greening developments
• Vertical gardening and landscaping • Highly developed systems and advanced monitoring tools:
• Sustainable architecture Based on the last automation advances and remote control systems to guarantee the
• Project management and execution correct operation and a maintenance cost reduction
• International trade • Research + Development + Innovational spirit:
Enabling us to improve our systems by means of our link with the University of Seville

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 JVPA STRUCTURE
ADVANCED PASSIVE LIVING WALL (JVPA)
The Advanced Passive Living Wall is a vertical gardening system based on
1. Vertical support
hydroponics, patented by Terapia Urbana. It can be installed in buildings either
2. Waterproofing protection
indoors or outdoors. The plant growth in our special substrate Fitotextil® is
3. Steel support structure
granted due to automated irrigation and fertigation, the remote control and the 4. Substrate holder
advanced monitoring integrated systems. 5. Fitotextil ®
6. Irrigation system
Technical requirements 7. Selected species

Lightening:
A lightening system is required for indoor living walls. Outdoors, this
lightening system only has an ornamental purpose.

Technical space:
A place for a tank (at the base of the living room or in other position)
and hydraulic and monitoring equipment is also necessary. The
dimensions of these premises depends on the area required for each
equipment.

Service connections:
Connections for water supply and drainage are required. Power and 7
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data network connections are also needed. 5
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 SPECIES
The vegetation selection is done within the
parameters of landscape design, inspired by
natural ecosystems with similar conditions
to the microclimate created by the vertical
landscaping.
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JVPA SYSTEM
The Advanced Passive Vertical Garden
is watered by a closed irrigation loop, which is
controlled remotely by a computer which monitors
the humidity, temperature and water quality,
ensuring proper operation.
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 JVAA SYSTEMS
ADVANCED ACTIVE LIVING WALL (JVAA) FILTER AIR AND COOLING

OUTdoor active living wall

The Advanced Active Living Wall designed by Terapia Urbana is an ecological system for air
conditioning and bio filtration. It can work on its own or can be integrated with the buildings air
INDOOR AIR
conditioning and ventilation system, improving overall performance and efficiency. Therefore
important energy savings can be obtained. This system also integrates a remote control system
allowing remote monitoring and management. INDOOR AIR

OUTDOOR
AIR
Technical requirements INDOOR AIR

Lighting: A lighting system is required for indoor living walls. Outdoors, this lighting
system only has an ornamental purpose.

INdoor active living wall

System dimensions: Active systems add a ventilation chamber to the living wall
between 40 and 80 cm deep, depending on the system selected. If integrated with
the air conditioning system, room for pipe connections must be considered. The BIOFILTER AIR
AND COOLING
rest of the requirements are similar to those for passive systems.

Service connections: The same connections as for passive systems are required.
In facilities combined with the building’s air conditioning system, the connection with
the ventilation conducts must be prepared depending on the operation schedule
selected. Indoors, the AALW can be autonomous, not attached to the ventilation
system.

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www.slimgreenwall.com

natural canvas
Slimgreenwall is a smaller modular living wall. It introduces Nature
into your home or your office, in a safe, simple and controlled
way. They offer many decorative possibilities without any room
modifications. This system simplifies the multilayer components
of passive living walls in only one substrate layer allowing designs
with different configurations and finishing.

Technical requirements Living Wall

• Automated irrigation.
• Requires electricity connection.
• Requires natural light or lightening support system.
• Water must be added every week to replace
evaporative losses.
Configuration options
• Different finishes and colours for the steel frame
• Planting designs with different species selected.
• Possibility of personalised formats on demand.
MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR SYSTEMS
Both living walls and green roofs incorporate an automation
and remote control system design by IDENER which monitors
all the parameters and detects possible malfunctions. Remote
controlling is available thanks to a network platform located in
an external server. Therefore, the operation of all the systems
is optimized and maintenance costs are minimized. Energy and
water consumption is also adjusted according to the environment
conditions. IDENER is a Technology-based company specialized
in monitoring systems. It is associated with the Monitoring and
Automation department (University of Seville).

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EXTENSIVE SYSTEM

TYPES OF SYSTEMS
ADVANCED PASSIVE GREEN ROOF (TVPA) 7 Thickness: 10 - 20 cms
The Advanced Passive Green Roof is a greening method for building roofs developed Load: 60 - 250 kg/m2
by Terapia Urbana. Different layers support the growing medium and vegetation. Vegetation: Moss, sedums,
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Irrigation, fertigation and monitoring systems designed by IDENER are also installed. grass and other herbaceous
Cost: Low
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Maintenance: Low
Technical requirements
SEMI-INTENSIVE SYSTEM
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Load requirements: Thickness: 15 - 35 cms
Load requirements for these systems go from 120 - 400 Kg/m2 for semi- Load: 120 - 500 kg/m2
intensive green roofs to more than 400 Kg/m2 for intensive ones.
Vegetation: Grass and other
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Tank: herbaceous, bushes
A tank to recover rain and drainage water is optional. It can be integrated Cost: Medium
in the roof or buried at ground level. Green roof structure 2
Maintenance: Periodically
1. Roof deck
Hydraulic equipment: INTENSIVE SYSTEM
2. Vapor barrier
A place for the hydraulic equipment (pumps, filters, valves) is necessary. 3. Insulation Thickness: 25 cms - 1 m
The size will be dependent on the area covered by the green roof. 4. Root barrier 1 Load: Superior a 400 kg/m2
5. Drainage Vegetation: Herbaceous,
Service connections:
6. Filtering layer bushes and trees
Connections for water supply and drainage are required. Power and data
7. Growing medium Cost: High
network connections are also needed.
8. Vegetation Maintenance: High
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 BENEFITS OF URBAN GREENING
Environmental (Indoors)
• Oxygen production
• Air quality improvement (CO2 and harmful toxins absorption)
• Improvement of visual comfort
• Thermal and acoustic isolation enhancement
Environmental (Outdoors)
• Air quality improvement (CO2 and harmful toxins absorption)
• Contaminants and dust particles retention
• Urban landscape quality improvement
• Biodiversity increase in urban environment
• Stormwater buffering effect
• CO2 compensation due to rising of green areas
GENERAL BENEFITS
Health & Wellness
• Wellness improvement and reduction of stress
• Increase in work performance and productivity
• Marketing investment and aesthetical improvements
Energy
• Increase of thermal lag in the building envelope
• Temperature reduction due to evaporative cooling
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SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY TERAPIA URBANA
Environmental (Indoors) Environmental (Outdoors)
• Enables the installation of vertical farms • Urban heat island effect reduction
TVPa BENEFITS
jvpa BENEFITS
• Degraded urban environments regeneration
Energy Energy
• Moderate energy savings in air conditioning • Roof thermal and acoustic isolation
systems • Improvement of photovoltaic systems due to
• Moderate energy savings in ventilation systems temperature reduction
Environmental (Indoors)
• Air biofiltration Our systems lead to a bioclimatic conditioning of
• Indoor relative humidity increased indoor spaces which become more comfortable and
(Fights against Sick Building syndrom) healthy, preventing the “sick building syndrome”. They
jvAa BENEFITS
also contribute to improve the level of qualifications
Energy
obtained in environmental certification systems such as
• High energy savings in air conditioning
LEED or BREEAM. Those benefits entail important energy
(evaporative cooling)
savings in buildings and a competitive and commercial
• High energy savings in ventilation systems
improvement for companies.
(bio filtration reduces ventilation requirements)
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BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN STRATEGIES
- Gei - Gei - Gei + Gei
+ VOc
+ cO2
- VOc --VOc
cO2
Naturation of the facades Evapotranspiration from Plants are able to fix GEI
and roofs improve the the plants cools the in outside and biofilter
thermal insulation of the warm air, promoting indoor air, reducing
building envelope natural ventilation and renovation needs
cooling of building
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OTHER R+D+i LINES
+ Gei + Gei
+ VOc + VOc
+ cO2 + cO2
- -VOc
cO2 - cO2 VERTICAL FARMS
& URBAN GARDENS MICROGARDENING
Terapia Urbana searches for new forms of urban We work in the development of new forms of terrariums,
gardening and vertical farming. These systems are that let us to create small living ecosystems in small
developed from our systems JVPA and TVPA. By 2050 spaces, where we enjoy micro-landscapes. With these
it is expected that nearly 80% of the world population we try to bring the wild beauty and evocation of Nature
lives in cities, which pose serious problems in terms of to any indoor place. Currently we are investigating new
availability of land for farming, making it necessary to forms and the best ways to develop and distribute
devise new forms of urban culture. them.
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CP 41015 Sevilla . e-mail info@terapiaurbana.es
tel (+34) 955 47 89 21- 22 . fax (+34) 955 47 89 23
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