"A bold statement indeed"
In this week's comments update, readers are debating if Sheppard Robson building Europe's largest living wall is merely greenwashing.
Emerald city: readers aren't convinced that the "largest living wall in Europe," designed by Sheppard Robson for Citicape House in London, will vastly improve local air quality.
"Cool green wall to solve everything. A bold statement indeed," said Miles Teg sarcastically. "I guess coming up with fundamental solutions to not create over eight tonnes of pollution in the first place doesn't look as flashy as this."
Donacio Cejas Acosta was confused: "What is the sustainable point of demolishing a perfectly valid existing building to then build another one, thus increasing the carbon footprint of it"" "A regular passenger car produces around four metric tonnes of carbon annually. This building absorbs eight. Now consider the upkeep those green walls require. All the carbon this building is able to absorb may as well be produced by the gardener who drives back and forth working at this wall. Green walls are the ultimate greenwash," added Gustavs Grasis.
"The most sustainable thing to do would have been not to demolish in the first place," concluded Marc Sicard. "There is a whole business to be pushed by governments in repurposing old-ish buildings to better/greener standards, and I don't see a lot of projects addressing this."
One commenter had other concerns:
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