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At Urban Green Design we’re passionate about green design, about the positive effects of plants elements in the environment and in people.

index About us p. 4 What we do p. 6

/ GREENWIT p. 8

/ GREENBEING p. 12

/ GREENTHINKING p. 14

Vegetation and life p. 16

Plant species p. 18

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index About us p. 4 What we do p. 6

/ GREENWIT p. 8

/ GREENBEING p. 12

/ GREENTHINKING p. 14

Vegetation and life p. 16

Plant species p. 18

Urban Green Design is formed by a team of experts in various fields: architecture, engineering, agricultural engineering, biology and visual design, among others, with high professional skills, industry experience and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Due to the market needs and the continuous evolution and innovation in key areas such assustainability, economics, mobility and green building, smart cities are emerging and evolving. This development occurs throughout the world in different areas: smart economy, smart mobility, smart people, smart living, smart governance and smart environment. Urban Green Design focuses on the smart environment and that is why we want to contribute to the new smart cities making them more sustainable with all kind of efficient surfaces, with low maintenance and which bring the benefits of nature to the urban environment..

We work both locally and worldwide exporting our products and services where needed.Whether for personal projects or for growing cities and towns interested in being a reference in smart environment, or to cities in full conversion to smart city. Urban Green Design has no boundaries, with the technology we have developed can reach everywhere.

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Striking the balance between nature and human activity is the key to a better future for everyone. In Urban Green Design we work for a sustainable world today and tomorrow will see a hopeful future.

Urban Green Design takes part of the concept of smart environment in order to create spaces around the world where the fusion of innovation and eco-logical awareness forms a single reality.

The concerns of a group of profes-sionals for a greener world and their multidis-ciplinary knowledge have made them unite to carry out this constructive task. Greening urban environments with the best adapted enjoying the benefits it provides.

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Plant Structures / Garden theme / Natural pools

/ Botanical advice / Recovery, treatment and

water reuse / GreenWit. Comprehensive system of exterior and interior plant walls / Projects and execution of public and private gardening / Cooperation and technical advice in competition phase and architectural design and landscaping / Environmental Impact Studies / Acoustic plant screens

/ Environmental sustainable recovery of urban spaces

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At Urban Green Design we have developed and patented a new system for all types of green areas, the Green Wit: an instant garden in a self-carrying structure, mouldable and adaptable to any shape and need.

LEGAL PATENTSVegetable modular system adaptable to any shape and need.

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At Urban Green Design we provide urban and landscape advice for the comprehensiverehabilitation, improvement and / or design of large public and private spaces.

“The species that survive are not the strongest, nor the most intelligent.They are those better adapted to change”

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist.

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At Urban Green Design we create solutions to make growth and competitiveness of cities and urban environments sustainable. Research and development and Innovation (R&D&I) of products and systems.

Biomimetic engineering and inno-vative and sustainable building solutions.

“All nature is but an art, unknown to thee”

Alexander Pope (1688-1744), poet.

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Efficiency, sustainability, ecology.

These terms are always related to the green but sometimes we forget that some green may not be sustainable: we plant species without considering the latitude, altitude or whether or not they get sun, then we have to constantly water and fertilize and then, the terms efficiency, sustainability and ecology are put into crisis. Plants, as we know, absorb CO and emit oxygen through photosynthesis, but, furthermore, and most importantly, they are also anti-pollution filters due to irregular structure of the surface vegetation: a major irregularity greater uptake of fine particles.

Here are some of the benefits of plant species:

/ Reduction of the thermal load of buildings up to 5 ° C, i.e. lower costs of heating and cooling.This equates to a savings of up to € 500/m2/year (Akira Hoyano, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

/ Low water consumption in case of use of species with low water requirements and / or installation of closed circuit.

/ Dust Holding Capacity: 1m2 of vegetation cover catches 130gr. / year according to the study of Darlington in 2001.

/ Heavy metal retention capacity: 60m2 of plant cover retains and processes 15kg. / year according to the study of Darlington in 2001.

/ Capture CO2 and produce o2: 1m2 of vegetation cover generates the necessary oxygen for a person for a year.

/ Filtering capacity of harmful gases: 60m2 filter 40Tn / year according to study Wolverton 1989. / Comfort and production are increased and inconveniences to people reduced to those who have vegetation in their workplace according to the study Lohr et al. 1996 Bringslima-rk, et al. 2007. Also, in closed environments, reduces physical discomfort such as skin mois-ture, dry air, exhaustion, etc; in addition to the positive psychological effects for humans.

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At Urban Green Design we analyze and manage the environment applying sustainability criteria and pro-posing the environmentally best adapted species, to move towards a more adequate resources use, to an increasing naturalization of urban areas and a growth in citizens’ life quality.

“The architect of the future will be based on the imitation of nature because it is the most rational, durable and economical of all methods”

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926), architect.