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The CityTree uses MOSS to purify and cool air in cities 🌳
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2024
- Green City Solutions has harnessed the power of moss to purify and cool air in cities.
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Why moss?
0:50 - The technology
1:20 - The CityTree
2:45 - Where to find a CityTree
3:07 - Limitations
3:40 - Other products
4:00 - What comes next?
First of all: Thank you for all the positive feedback and the questions! And also a big thanks to CNET for featuring us!
We at Green City Solutions would like to point out that our CityTrees do not replace street trees at all, they complement them: Trees convert CO2 into oxygen, provide shade and are important for the climate as well as biodiversity. However, they can do little against air pollution caused by fine dust; studies show that photosynthesis and metabolism are even inhibited by dust deposits.
Also planting trees in inner city areas is becoming increasingly challenging. The ground is often sealed, criss-crossed by cables or tunneled and thus not suitable as a tree location. To ensure that newly planted trees thrive, sufficient root space, water, air and light must be available in a species-appropriate manner.
This is where the moss filters come into play: The moss that grows in the CityTree feeds on particles from the air and the water we supply and is therefore enormously powerful in reducing fine dust. It traps particulate matter, binds and 'digests' it, and even grows on it.
At Green City Solutions, we also support the planting of 50 trees with every new moss filter we install. It is important for us to combine regional tree planting (such as in Germany with the Green Forest Fund) with newly planted trees near the equator, such as with PrimaKlima in Nicaragua, where they have the biggest impact on the overall climate.
We hope this helps! In case of further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us or please be "our guest" at the next virtual moss farm tour. More information on our website.
Gree(n)tings 🍃
Nice informative pearl. Best of luck to you guys from Albuquerque NM, USA.
Please ask Cnet to pin this comment , people are not reading this and getting confused
A really interesting concept. I remember reading a news article when you installed in Cork. Maybe we can get in Dublin as well 😉
How much pollution can it offset? Care to share some numbers?
Please make ground in Houston!!!! We could really use this on a day like this where it smells like burnt plastic everywhere and the entire city is covered in a haze!!!
So in short they reverse engineered a tree, that costs 50k to set up.
And they can clean the horribly polluted air of northern europe lol
That's robbery form the government not engineering
At least its more effective than a tree.
Trees are great and we all want more of them in the city.
A sustainably healthy and effective tree, however, needs about as much root space as its crown is big. Unfortunately, this space is hardly available in urban areas. Cities are extensively sealed and shafts, pipes and cables criss-cross the ground. We want to be an alternative and have an impact where bad air meets many people and trees have a hard time.
Yes, but it is more efective. One square meter of moss gives more oxygen than 40 trees, from what i've read
I talked to these people some time ago. At that time they have just won a bunch of local and national start-up awards and they acted their manure didn't stink.
It also shows the main problem in German start ups: if you claim to solve an environmental problem, everyone gets a hard-on and will dump money on you, no matter how (for the lack of better words) economically and environmentally inefficient your solution is.
when they are able to incorporate this into something that has much more conventional economic value, their products would be treated as assets and cash outs on carbon offsets and as csr spending etc. their products would no longer be sought after for its idealistic branding purposes, but much more as practical tool to benefit people with abundant money.
but hey, someone gotta live off something, u cant blame them for catering to their hunger
I did an entire project on this my freshman year of highschool. It is awesome to see someone be able to implement it with proper funding!
Amazing, hopefully this actually works and becomes successful
I guess this is some kind of proof of concept, so benefit of the doubt is granted. However, it seems like a solution to a problem that has a very simple and much more efficient solution called- an actual tree.
Well it would be interesting to compare how much tree are equivalent to this invention
Trees are great and we all want more of them in the city.
A sustainably healthy and effective tree, however, needs about as much root space as its crown is big. Unfortunately, this space is hardly available in urban areas. Cities are extensively sealed and shafts, pipes and cables criss-cross the ground. We want to be an alternative and have an impact where bad air meets many people and trees have a hard time.
Trees are great and we all want more of them in the city.
A sustainably healthy and effective tree, however, needs about as much root space as its crown is big. Unfortunately, this space is hardly available in urban areas. Cities are extensively sealed and shafts, pipes and cables criss-cross the ground. We want to be an alternative and have an impact where bad air meets many people and trees have a hard time.
They're just growing moss... No matter where the moss gross, be it in the ground, a wall, or in this wooden catastrophe, it will absorb the same amount of co2 per unit area. But in this case, now you have rotting wood, electronics, and the capacity of the system will fill up quickly. Not to mention nesting animals, weeding, the wasted water, and transport and application of nutrients. This is a head scratcher. Anyone that thinks more than 30 seconds about it's feasibility and how it's better than alternatives will not be interested.
Any way to combine a building with the ground - preserving the moss, trees, insects? compost?
Self sustained buildings in a street ?
I’d just like to post that meme with that kid pointing to an actual tree
by using moss, it’s much less energy intensive than a mechanical device, but it’s also manipulates the moss in a way to maximize its effectiveness at cleaning the air. I’d be interested in exactly how effective it is at filtering particulates, but the numbers provided are absolutely stunning.
Are they using wood from trees to build the construction frame?
No from rocks, obviously it’s trees
No that's a ROCK
Yeah, but it's soft wood which grows back very quickly and is likely from a renewable source (ie a company that replants trees as they're cut down)
@@henrymclean4911 Even if that is the case they are cutting down a tree (which cleaned the air) for decorative purposes to show how natural the moss is which required someone to DRIVE on logging roads which required them to chop down even more trees, and cut the tree down, then the logging company had to load and drive the tree back to the lumber yard, then the tree had to be cut then transported to the distributer, then shipped, then be sold and transported to the workshop where the pretty wood was lacquered and assembled with the moss just to create something that cleans the air of the polution caused by all the cars and trucks used to make the stupid boards for the display of an air filtering wall of moss. Hopefully they can find a better way to package it, but the wood casing is totally stupid. If it was rock it would have made more sense as rocks aren't known for their air filtration capabilities.
No they’re using trees from your mom
Iv'e seen one of these before
I think using 4 liters of water per hour for a city tree is too much imo, unless they use waste water.
I agree, I'm not sure using limited resources like energy and water is the right way
@@davidoh709 I'm not sure about the water, but the thing itself is powered by solar energy, so it's not using limited energy supplies.
@henrymclean4911 he was being sarcastic. @mynamehaschanged was being the opposite of smart.
WOW 😳 Great concept.
It is a biological process to remove the impurities (nutrients) from air. biological reaction rate is pretty slow. If there is no enough retention time in this "tree", the removal efficiency would be low. Another thing I noticed is the air in and out too close. This will cause short circuit. I am curious about the removal efficiency.
Its frame is wood from a tree that probably also houses moss effectively with zero manufacturing needed I’m not an expert but I find this a very roundabout and even counterintuitive way of basically transplanting trees into the city because manufacturing the thing will produce co2 so it feels like a retro futurism concept like if someone told you they could make a tree with technology inside to keep moss alive it would sound like some depiction of the year 2000 in an old magazine and the idea of adapting moss sounds very roundabout as well can’t they just propagate moss from high pollution which are definitely hardier in those environments from the get go
Do they really need all the computer/sensors... if the moss is truly effective then just put up a screen , maybe water it now and then and let it be.
Why spend $50k on one of these?
Why not simply plant trees
Because they can't make money just from planting trees
@@iudexe3103 it is sort of a marketing gimmick
Ok but the crucial question is: how much pollution can it offset? Because if it's negligible as I suspect, it's no more than a greenwashing trophy or a neat art piece.
if greenwashing bring the cash in, whats so bad about that?
Of course that would great for any city!
€300k in Cork Ireland
Love this kind of content!
Brilliant if it works, bring it to Rome (Roma) !
You can't purify/filter open air like a controlled environment. The source of pollution will still be there and the active working radius of these is useless
What are the substrate used for moss growing. Please help me.
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Brilliant!
This is awesome
just rembered. temperature in a forest on a hot day is about 7 degrees celcius lower. this really seems like a waste of money and resources.
I hope one gets installed in New York City soon. I would love to check it out.
Should we be looking to cope with the mess we are making?, or would it be better to just not make the mess?
I want this in my house with all these California wildfires! Though the water usage, would need some 🤔
Can they be used in climates with cold winters? Or must they be shut down or removed below a certain temperature?
walt mossberg-approved.
3:33 reflection of a drone to the left.
advertising… air pollution in exchange for visual pollution
Amazing!
this is a nice idea if it is how it appears. I would definitely love to see them in squares and circles where there are a lot of cars. also in malls and bazaars and markets will be a great idea. even parks. I love when ppl make practical things good for humanity and earth.
Add 'AI' and 'Machine Learning' to any innovation/products and booom 🎉 you have our attention. 😂😂
what about an AI machine learning enabled comb to brush our hair? 😂😂😂 Jk
Hope this works and create more awareness to let people know that we went too far in global warming. Now time to do something now. Not in 2050 goal or 2060 goal bs.
Did u major AI?
How does moss survive or work during winter?
Moss strong.
Runs on protest power. The more people complain about useless random things the more this tree works better!
Yes
Abit pricey but 10000xs more effective vs pollution than even evergreen cedars& leylandi+ it absorbs around 250xs more Co2 as well& takes up far,far,far less room in congested cities. But I saw growing on the side of a macdonalds in chesterfield by the coach station seems better if that can be rolled out using methods this company& its colleagues have perfected for growing moss sustainably. My only question is what happens to moss after 10yrs its usual lifespan??, on peatland that are usually 12000 yrs old its mostly sequestered naturally.
The moment he says City tree sells for 40k to 50k dollars, I think we shall say thank you 😄
true , i’d rather plant a tree for free than this lol
Very interesting 🧐
This would be good inside closed parking lots
they should install it in wild fire smoke areas
Mexico City needs this
We need this in India and Bangladesh and other countries where polluted hotspots exist there. People die or will die in lung cancers and other diseases every year when business manufactured places never care environment and ppl health rather vast revenue.
This is smart & environmentally friendly way to purify the air.
Trees are way better + trees can care for them selfs after 5 years and moss can’t
@@miles5600 no, moss don't need maintenance.
I wonder if this would help with the ash from La Palma volcano
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Unless it is the size of a skyscraper it is about as much use as a wet fart.
Need these for the house lol
Wondering the final Footprint a year and at all, I am really sceptical, too much technology instead Natural.
Plant two Natural trees instead in of the new, how is this?
The Founder calculation may shows its a good. Is it?
What about real Trees, greens, Grass,
Because water vapor is the largest offender to temperature increase.
Im waiting for thundefoot to debuk this
im interested to see movie use this moss as another set up idea for zombie movies
When can we get em' in Denver?
Let me just put them in my Amazon cart
Another simple solution, plants more trees in the city.
Trees would be easier, cheaper (maybe), and require no power to operate.
Cheaper Easier Eco-friendly
Why not just plant more trees?!
Air pollution isn't a problem in America
This should be incorporated into architecture, rather than being a structure all its own.
This guy doesn't seem excited to say the least.
Hopefully they can take in and use carbon monoxide otherwise it won't do much.
Also hopefully it won't freeze and die in the winter cold.
couldn't you better plant a tree. or simply not remove moss buildup in small shaded corners? not just spaghum also most hedera (climbing vine) species do the same thing whilst actually filtering out a lot of harmful toxins from the air. I prefer real plants that don't need that much electronics to work.
can't be allowing Americans to touch the moss, some will tear the stuff out just to be mean
Cut down ugly trees and make gorgeous boxes !
Yes !
Where is Lorax ?
Environmental disaster by Tesla.
Teslas use more fossil fuel than gas vehicles.
A secret that Elon does not like to talk about.
Keep in mind most electric is still generated from oil or coal.
And Teslas produce more waste at the end of product life and has a shorter product life than gas vehicles.
Also each Tesla vehicle has a planned obsolescence policy, where vital components will NOT be upgraded or be allowed to be repaired DIY or by 3rd party.
Hence, making even battery replacements (which make up the majority cost of a Tesla) unpractical for older Teslas.
Expect parking lots filled with Teslas as the first gens will just begin to be abandoned.
Study by Gaia Discovery "Energy Efficiency of Fossil-fuel and Electricity powered Cars"
Why not just use real trees instead of electric powered mosses 😒
Nothing to seek for in Europe? What about Poland? Omg .. useless company.
Semi-fake