Can Green Walls Reduce Outdoor Ambient Particulate Matter, Noise Pollution and Temperature?

Green walls have previously demonstrated the capacity to reduce particulate matter (PM), noise pollution, and temperature conditions in manipulative experiments and computational models. There is, however, minimal evidence that green walls can influence ambient environmental conditions, especially taking into account the variable environmental conditions encountered . The aim of this paper was to determine if green walls have a quantitative effect on ambient air quality in an urban environment.

Airborne particulate matter accumulation on common green wall plants.

In order to better design greening systems for effective particulate matter (PM) removal, it is important to understand the impact leaf traits have on PM deposition. There are however, inconsistences amongst the leaf traits that have previously been correlated with PM accumulation. The aim of this paper was to identify vegetation characteristics of green wall plants that were associated with the accumulation of particulate matter.