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Eden at New Bailey

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GREEN WALLS

Project general details

Nominator

Investor

Supplier

Architect

Viritopia Ltd

Muse Places

Make Architects

Viritopia Ltd

Location (City)

GPS

Country

Region

Year of nomination

Manchester

data

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe

2024

Project specifications

Eden at New Bailey was installed by Viritopia in 2023. It currently holds the record for the largest living wall in Europe. Eden has achieved an astonishing 5.5 NABER star rating, the highest ever recorded. This living wall, along with a very sustainable interior of the project, makes Eden one of the most sustainable offices in the UK. Not only does this project improve the aesthetics of the building, but the local biodiversity has seen a huge improvement since the wall was installed. The building is home to over 350,000 plants. Eden will be enabled to run solely on 100% renewable electricity, with no gas heating or hot water, and has been designed using the UK Green Building Council’s 2030-2035 operational energy targets. This façade has been designed to remove air pollutants including carbon, reduce urban temperatures offering thermal benefits to occupiers, and deliver a 174% net gain in the biodiversity of the area, while at the same time providing high-quality green spaces.

Object type

Green wall area (m2)

Year of completion

Project in operation?

Commercial buildings

3400

2023

YES

Green wall specification

Method of establishment of vegetation

Grown in the ANS Living Wall System

Vegetation

A mix of ornamental shrubs, herbaceous, perennials and bulbs

Vegetation layer

NA

Retention layer

NA

Filtration layer

NA

Drainage layer

NA

Separate layer

NA

Protective layer

NA

Root layer

NA

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