1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
-Improve water management [4].
-Improve the air quality in the city and create a healthier environment for the citizens [4].
-Reduce urban heat island effect [3].
-Reduce internal temperature and energy consumption [3, 4].
-Encourage biodiversity [2].
-Improve the air quality in the city and create a healthier environment for the citizens [4].
-Reduce urban heat island effect [3].
-Reduce internal temperature and energy consumption [3, 4].
-Encourage biodiversity [2].
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
-Santalaia Building Vertical Garden plays a role in climate change mitigation through the generation of clean energy, by helping to filter pollutants from the air, mitigating the urban heat island effect, and absorbing noise pollution through the plants, which are natural filters [4,7].
-Building a 3,117 m2 vertical garden over a large metallic structure explicitly designed for the project, completely covered with a lush layer of 115,000 native plants of 10 different species and five different families by creating urban ecosystems that attract insects and birds, positively affecting biodiversity [3,7]
-Installation of a particular hydroponic irrigation system that handles up to 42 different irrigation stations regulated automatically depending on humidity and solar radiation to optimize water consumption. "The leftover water is recycled through the living walls along with the wastewater of its residents". As a result, it improves water management by diminishing the amount of wasted water and redirecting it towards plants [6,7].
-The blanket of selected plants offers a green respite to the residents of this building and others in the environment, reduce the thermal island effect in the area and ensuring internal temperature inside the building, which reduces the need for air conditioning [4,7].
-Building a 3,117 m2 vertical garden over a large metallic structure explicitly designed for the project, completely covered with a lush layer of 115,000 native plants of 10 different species and five different families by creating urban ecosystems that attract insects and birds, positively affecting biodiversity [3,7]
-Installation of a particular hydroponic irrigation system that handles up to 42 different irrigation stations regulated automatically depending on humidity and solar radiation to optimize water consumption. "The leftover water is recycled through the living walls along with the wastewater of its residents". As a result, it improves water management by diminishing the amount of wasted water and redirecting it towards plants [6,7].
-The blanket of selected plants offers a green respite to the residents of this building and others in the environment, reduce the thermal island effect in the area and ensuring internal temperature inside the building, which reduces the need for air conditioning [4,7].
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Santalaia has now the most extensive vertical garden in the world in terms of area. Its creators (Paisajismo Urbano and Groncol) define the innovative design as “the green heart of Bogota” and act as sustainability icons [3,5].
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
In 2013, the District Environmental Secretariat of Bogotá developed and disseminated the Practical Guide: green roofs and vertical gardens to promote green infrastructure and provide information on sustainability, green roofs and vertical gardens in the capital. As a result, Bogotá has approximately 32,000 m2 of green roofs and more than 1,100 m2 of vertical gardens implemented in universities, shopping centres, business buildings and restaurants [7].
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown.
