Does installing a vertical wall in building facade or interior contribute to this credit? I assume that doing so will also promoting biodiversity.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 29, 2011 - 8:23 am
Yu-ju, this question has come up several times on LEEDuser—if you search the site I think you will find another discussions about it.The consensus so far has been that it would be difficult to count vertical green walls for this credit. There are several reasons I can think of for why this is difficult—key reasons include the question of how you would calculate vertical area as comparable to horizontal area; and how would you show that vertical habitat is comparable to regular habitat.I could imagine being able to get credit at a discounted rate, such as 2 square meters of vertical count as 1 square meter of horizontal, but it would be up to the project to prove that this is appropriate.If you do proceed, please let us know how it goes. Any if anyone else has done this, please speak up!