We’re excited to share the news that our HYVERT research partnership with The Manchester Metropolitan University is entering the next phase.
Our original Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) reaches it’s successful conclusion in November 2023 and embarking on KTP2 is a very natural and necessary progression.
The primary aim of the original KTP was to scientifically evidence HYVERT’s environmental and ecological benefits and this was achieved by combining integrated sensing technology with academic validation of the data over a two-year period.
But by working with architects and developers who have specified living wall systems within their projects, we are aware that successfully installing and maintaining the walls is not enough.
The implementation of green infrastructure is frequently linked to ESG and TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure) targets and contributing towards BREEAM/NABERS/WELL building accreditations as well as the upcoming biodiversity net gain legislations for UK developments.
And as biophilic and green infrastructure experts, we needs to be able to provide advanced, meaningful data reporting to support this criteria too.
Our KTP2 with Manchester Metropolitan University will be researching and utilising advanced environmental data analytics and applied artificial intelligence to produce bespoke reporting dashboards on the accrued and future sustainability impact following every HYVERT installation.
Data collected will include carbon capture, air/water pollution reduction, rainwater re-utilisation, noise/heat attenuation and biodiversity net gain.
By linking HYVERT with building management systems, the partnership with MMU aims to achieve additional capability to quantify, evidence, and predictively report on the environmental benefits accumulated by living green infrastructure with the end goal of accelerating interest and uptake, in turn helping the UK transition faster to a net zero future.
