A healthy indoor climate in company canteen with a living green wall system

International food company installs attractive vertical greenery in break room. As part of the expansion of an international food concern in Frankfurt am Main (DE), a living green wall was fitted in the cafeteria on the fifth floor. Mobilane’s LivePanel living green wall system with Tank was the preferred option due to its ease of use and appearance.

Lean and space-saving living green wall system

LivePanel is a patented, modular plant wall system with interchangeable plant cassettes filled with substrate. As a system, it is extremely space efficient. This proved to be one of the reasons why Hydroflora GmbH Objekt-Begrünung in Neu-Isenburg (DE), which was responsible for planning and implementing the project, opted for this particular solution: the plant wall had to improve the acoustics and climate in the room, but by no means take up a lot of space. In total, greenery was added to a vertical area of 9.41 m² in this project. The cassettes in the system come with trays in which the plants are placed. Each row of cassettes is placed in a profile rail, which doubles as a water reservoir. The plants supply themselves with water through capillary action.

A combination of an automated and manual system

The customer decided to water the plant wall using a tank placed underneath the plant wall system: LivePanel TANK. That way, the system can be watered autonomously without the need for a connection to the mains water and wastewater grid. A tank is placed under the LivePanel to store the necessary water. This tank only needs to be filled manually about once a month. The only other thing the system needs is a power connection to operate the timer-controlled pump that supplies the profile rails with water from the tank. At the client’s request, special cabinets were fitted to the left and right of the plant wall to hide the timer, so that no one could accidentally change the settings.

Pre-grown plant cassettes

Another reason why the client decided to use LivePanel was the fact that Mobilane cassettes are supplied pre-grown. In terms of greenery, our attractive “Lemon Surprise” plant mix consisting of Epipremnum Aureum, Asplenium nidus, Dracaena Lemon Surprise, Schefflera arboricola, and Philodendron Scandens was the preferred option. To ensure that the plant wall stays looking lush and beautiful at all times, Mobilane’s LivePanel system is carefully serviced and maintained several times a year, even after completion.

Construction panel:

– Project: international group, Frankfurt am Main

– Planning and execution: Hydroflora GmbH Objekt-Begrünung, Neu-Isenburg

– Product used: Mobilane LivePanel TANK , plant cassettes 40 x 40 cm

– Surface area: 9.41 m²

– Weight: 40 kg / m2

– Plants: Plant mix “Lemon Surprise

– Creation date: Summer 2022