GREEN & BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE
Did you know that unlike other major cities that call themselves cities with gardens , Singapore is considered a city within a garden , that is lush with tropical greenery created through not just onstructure tree planting , using the D-MAN System , but also a variety of living walls ?
These walls bring their own fantastic benefits , including the improvement of local biodiversity , helping to purify the air around us , reducing noise levels , adding value to property and just generally improving wellbeing .
To make it easier to benefit from this , Platipus developed the first purposebuilt tree anchoring system for roof gardens , urban and shallow planting environments . With nestable , lightweight and compact anchor points , the award winning Platipus D-MAN System has made it easier to plant and anchor trees in almost any situation . This unique solution requires less labour and installation time compared to traditional methods . Costs are also reduced and this , coupled with superior quality , has ensured that tree anchoring remains as safe and easy as possible . This has also encouraged the inclusion of tree planting in urban designs and helps to support landscapers and gardens around the world . of Landscape Solutions and to do more to help customers reduce energy costs . From their travels to Singapore and other leaders in urban greening , it became clear that a living wall solution was needed to give customers access to vertical greening . This resulted in the development of the Platipus G-WALL ® Modular Living Wall System .
Did you know that living walls can increase the real estate values by up to 20 % and significantly improve your workplace productivity and patient recovery times in hospital ?
And just like trees , living walls also help to reduce energy costs . Studies have shown that the surface area of a living wall , installed on a building ,
The success of the D-MAN System provided Platipus with the technology to expand their range
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