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Resilient, hydroponic green wall system designed to be used externally or internally. The modular panels can act as a living wall rainscreen cladding or be retrofitted to an existing wall.
Living Green Wall Cladding System
BioPanel has been fully tested in accordance with the requirements for the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT) and passed all tests for weather tightness, water resistance and wind resistance, confirming its full suitability and compliance for use as a cladding material for commercial and residential buildings.
The BioPanel living wall system can be retrofitted into existing structures or used as a green wall rainscreen cladding in new building projects.
Fully comprehensive green wall system
The BioPanel living green wall system uses artificially irrigated and fertigated 'backless’ vegetated cladding panels complete with a natural growing medium. The panels are fixed through a void former and waterproof backing board to cladding rails.
The standard panels in Biotecture’s BioPanel green wall system are 600mm wide x 450mm high. When fully saturated the system weighs 75kgs per sqm.
The panels complete with plants sit on pre-fixed T section recycled aluminum rails which in turn are fixed to a cement particle backing board through the drainage void former material. This ensures that the irrigated zone remains in front of the backing board and there is no chance of any moisture tracking back to the rest of the fabric of the building.
Growing Medium
The BioPanel living wall system incorporates Grodan® as the growing medium. Grodan® is dimensionally stable, chemically inert, and supremely water retentive making it ideal for living walls.
Biotecture can work to any dimension by trimming and cutting the edge panels down to suit. This is pre-determined as part of the design process and the plants are pre-grown in the trimmed panels in the nursery prior to being installed.
Product Sustainability
The shells of the BioPanel living wall system is manufactured from recycled polypropylene and is responsibly manufactured in the UK from 100% recycled materials. The hydroponic growing medium is manufactured in the EU by Grodan who have been awarded an EU EcoLabel for sustainability. Additional Sustainability Information available on request.
Irrigation
The BioPanel system includes an automatic irrigation system which we monitor remotely daily as part of our maintenance packages. Pipe lines run through the living wall and each 600mmx450mm panel includes 4 irrigation drippers to ensure even water distribution.
Green walls are zoned to allow different areas to receive different levels of hydration. For example the top of a south facing wall will likely require more water than the bottom due to wind and sun exposure.
Please note that the irrigation tank needs to be located in a weather-tight plant enclosure. A nutrient mix is required to be integrated with the irrigation system.
Support structure:
Support structure to provide maximum 600 mm fixing positions horizontally, 300 mm vertically and 150 mm centres to the perimeter of the wall in exposed locations.
Mechanical, electrical and water services will be required to be provided by others. Other items to be provided by others include irrigation pipelines, drainage route, and aerial wire. Consult manufacturer for details.
Features and benefits:
Color | Beige Black |
Finish | Matt |
Material | Aluminium Polyethylene Steel Timber Vegetation |
Shape | Rectangle |
Length | 600 mm Guidance for specification option: Panel size. Bespoke Guidance for specification option: Living wall size: bespoke to requirements, please contact the manufacturer to discuss. |
Width | 450 mm Guidance for specification option: Panel size. Bespoke Guidance for specification option: Living wall size: bespoke to requirements, please contact the manufacturer to discuss. |
Warranty description | Other |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | Q38/120 Modular green wall system Q32/275 Prefabricated plant containers Q31/292 Prefabricated plant containers |
Wall mounting | |
Support structure | Galvanized steel box sections.Guidance for specification option: Bespoke, consult manufacturer and insert requirements. Hilti helping hand system.Timber battens. |
Waterproof membrane | Guidance for specification option: Insert requirement, durable, water-resistant board of 12 mm thickness. Versapanel Eco sheet or similar backing board. Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements. |
Modular panels | |
Form | BioPanel (vegetated cladding panels).Guidance for specification option: Injection moulded panel box to support the growing medium, formed using a black, general purpose polypropylene compound manufactured from recycled polymer. Each tile within the panel includes 16 planting holes (four per strip), with 50 mm diameter to the planting hole. Overall panel size (w x h x d): 598 x 403.5 x 62 mm. |
Assembly | On site assembly.Guidance for specification option: Hydroponic panel assembled in West Sussex. Panel planting up and allowed to mature for 8—12 weeks before being installed on site. |
Growing medium | Grodan PP 100/100.Guidance for specification option: Inorganic, chemically inert and dimensionally stable growing medium with a nominal dry density of 16.8 kg/m³. Manufactured by stonewool – high alumina, low silica wool. |
Location battens | Aluminium rails.Guidance for specification option: ‘T’ profile rail carrier system to carry the vegetated cladding panel. |
Irrigation | WRAS approved, high density polyethylene break tank, with integral submersible pump.Guidance for specification option:
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Gutters | 90 x 60 x 120 mm, pressed aluminium.Guidance for specification option: 32 mm outlet. 114 mm wide, plastic.Guidance for specification option: Standard. 32 mm outlet. |
Planting | Guidance for specification option: Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements. Plant species to be included as a series of plant matrices to create an overall planting pattern. Plants are planted into the BioTile® panels a minimum of twelve weeks prior to installation. |
Design | As drawing. As reference. |
Colour | RAL, colour. Guidance for specification option: Insert colour requirement for guttering, riser covers, copings and window surrounds. |
Controller | Heron (or similar approved manufacturer). |
Lighting | Not required. Required. Guidance for specification option: Consult manufacturer for details and insert requirements. |
Thickness (overall) | 82 mm. |
Weight | 75 kg/m². Guidance for specification option: When fully saturated (panels, growing medium and plants). |
Fire performance | B-s3, d2. Guidance for specification option: If manufactured, installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements. |
Drainage layer | Geocomposite high density polyethylene (HDPE) core with a geotextile filter thermally bonded to one side. Guidance for specification option: Geocomposite drainage layer comprising a high-performance single high density polyethylene (HDPE) core with a geotextile filter thermally bonded to one side to provide a drainage layer to the rear of the vegetated planted panels, and a waterproof layer in front of the backing board. |
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of material origin | United Kingdom |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom |
Material | Aluminium Polyethylene Steel Timber Vegetation |
Manufacturing plant location | |
Recyclability | Recyclable |
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Platform | Compatible | Version |
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Revit 2017 | 1 |
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