Experimental Assessment of the Thermal Influence of a Continuous Living Wall in a Subtropical Climate in Brazil

A continuous living wall is a vertical garden that allows the cultivation of wide variety species on surfaces, consisting sequence layers shade and add thermal resistance to external façades buildings. Thus, can be an alternative increase efficiency building reduce use air conditioning for cooling indoor environment. This work experimentally investigated influence surface temperatures east façade in subtropical climate with hot summers (Cfa), during summer period. The experiment included implementation real seasonally used delimitation two sample plots (i.e., protected bare wall). Campaigns were carried out measure internal plot, wall, as well cavity temperature, from 08:00 17:45, at 15-min intervals. results show reducing (up 10.6 °C) 2.9 plot compared along reduction variation (average 6.5 °C externally 3.6 internally) delay 6 h 1 internal), addition temperature greater stability between land comparison space.