{"id":101542,"date":"2020-01-28T22:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/moss-growing-concrete-absorbs-co2-insulates-and-is-also-a-vertical-garden"},"modified":"2020-01-28T22:23:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:23:55","slug":"moss-growing-concrete-absorbs-co2-insulates-and-is-also-a-vertical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/moss-growing-concrete-absorbs-co2-insulates-and-is-also-a-vertical-garden","title":{"rendered":"Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/moss-growing-concrete-absorbs-co2-insulates-and-is-also-a-vertical-garden.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buildings with this concrete can\u2014in regions with a calm mediterranean climate\u2014absorb CO2 and release oxygen with micro-algae and the other \u201cpigmented microorganisms\u201d that coat it. These vertical gardens boast aesthetic appeal, but the biological concrete\u2019s beauty also lies in its clever design.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/www.theplaidzebra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3_Moss-growing-concrete-CO2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theplaidzebra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3_Moss-growing-concrete-CO2.jpg\" alt=\"3_Moss growing concrete CO2\" width=\"750\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theplaidzebra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3_Moss-growing-concrete-CO2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/theplaidzebra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3_Moss-growing-concrete-CO2-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px)  100vw, 750px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concrete works in layers. The top layer absorbs and stores rainwater and grows the microorganisms underneath. A final layer of the concrete repels water to keep the internal structure safe. The top can also absorb solar radiation, which insulates the building and regulates temperatures for the people inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buildings with this concrete can\u2014in regions with a calm mediterranean climate\u2014absorb CO2 and release oxygen with micro-algae and the other \u201cpigmented microorganisms\u201d that coat it. These vertical gardens boast aesthetic appeal, but the biological concrete\u2019s beauty also lies in its clever design. The concrete works in layers. The top layer absorbs and stores rainwater and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,493,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-climatology","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}