Business Fit Magazine September 2019 Issue 2 | Page 28

Environment
Best ethnobotanist award winner Dr. Amit
Kaur Puri advises builders and architects on
the benefits of metropolitan reforestations,
here we learn about the advantages of green
scrapers.
Green towers are emerging around the
world, adding vertical forests to dense urban
pollution. These buildings purify the air, create
microclimates and add tree cover.
Green Towers
in Our
Cities
Dr. Amit Kaur Puri, female scientist and founder-
President of AKP Healing India has launched
a project for metropolitan reforestation. The
aim is to contribute to the regeneration of the
environment and urban biodiversity via vertical
densification of nature within a city. Using this
method, there is no need to further expand
the city and it operates in relation to policies for
reforestation and naturalisation of large urban
and metropolitan borders.
Vertical Forest green scrapers are sustainable
residential/commercial buildings. Dr. Puri
offers her expertise to builders, architects and
designers to build in more sustainable green
spaces by incorporating natural air purifiers.
AKP Healing India enumerates the following
benefits of green scrapers:
• Reduces urban heat island effect and smog
• Cleans outside air of pollutants and dust and
offsets the carbon footprint of people and
fuel emissions
• Acts as a sound proofing barrier
• Insulates and cools the building exterior, as
well as protecting it from the elements
• Creates habitats for birds and beneficial
insects, thus increasing biodiversity
• Increases real estate value
• Speeds up recovery time for patients through
biophilia
• Reduces absenteeism in the workplace and
boosts employee morale
Green walls mitigate air pollution levels by
lowering extreme summer temperatures
through photosynthesis, trapping particulate
matter, and capturing gases
The ability of green walls to provide thermal
insulation for buildings means less demand
on power, and as a result, fewer polluting by-
products are released into the air.
Dr. Amit Kaur Puri is the founder and President of AKP Healing
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India, Scientist, Ethnobotanist and social activist. She works for triple E’s-
Environment, Education and Empowerment, has published over a hundred
research papers, authored three books and has produced a documentary
film about Mewati women. Her contributions to make a greener and healthier
world are highly appreciated.
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