# Massive Eco Exteriors This Green Over Grey Wall is North America's Largest Living Wall By manzil | Published 2010-11-01 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/north-american-living-walls References: [gizmag](http://www.gizmag.com/north-americas-largest-living-wall/16780/) Designer firm [Green Over Grey](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kimoflage) has given Canada the [largest green living wall](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/humanise-wall) of North America. Covering 3,000 square feet, the wall can be seen at the Semiahmoo Public Library and the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police Facility](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/watershore-habitat) in Surrey, British Columbia. Featuring more than 10,000 individual plants, Green Over Grey’s wall will cause no harm to the building. Due to its eco-friendly feature, the wall is capable of absorbing and cleaning pollutants to improve health for visitors and employees. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.7/10 - Popularity: 49% | Activity: 54% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Green Living Walls:** This trend presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the fields of architecture and environmental design, as businesses look for sustainable and aesthetically pleasing solutions to enhance their buildings. - **Eco-friendly Design:** This trend offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the construction industry, as companies explore ways to incorporate environmentally friendly practices and materials into their projects. - **Air-purifying Solutions:** This trend creates disruptive innovation opportunities in the indoor air quality industry, as businesses seek efficient and natural ways to improve air quality in indoor spaces. ### Who This Affects Most - **Architecture:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation in architecture arise as firms experiment with incorporating green living walls into building designs for improved environmental impact and aesthetics. - **Construction:** Disruptive innovation opportunities in the construction industry emerge as companies adopt eco-friendly design practices and materials to meet the demand for sustainable and resilient infrastructure projects. - **Environmental Services:** The rise of green living walls presents disruptive innovation opportunities for environmental service providers to develop and promote air-purifying solutions that enhance indoor air quality and contribute to overall well-being. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Enclosed Vertical Farms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eco-1.md) - [London-Based Garden Roofscapes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roof-garden.md) - [Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/touching-eden-house.md) - [Expansive Local Vertical Gardens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/onefarm-vertical-farm.md) - [Spiralled Roof Horticultural Centers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-leaf-1.md) - [Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/terrarium-cheongdam.md) - [Cultural Green Libraries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/taichung-green.md) - [Forest Tower Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wonderwoods-vertical-forest.md) - [Multifamily Canadian Housing Developments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grow-project.md)