{"id":8313,"date":"2015-05-24T18:59:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2023-07-21T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T01:46:15","slug":"education-on-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/education-on-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Education on the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Commonwealth Secondary School (CSS) is a government autonomous and coeducational secondary school for students between the ages of 13 \u2013 16 in Singapore. One of the finest schools in western Singapore, CSS offers a distinctive and holistic secondary school education to realize the full potential of each student, immersing them in a dynamic, vibrant and caring learning environment.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Established in 1964, Commonwealth Secondary School had an illustrious history of nurturing talented and disciplined scholars. CSS received the Ministry of Education&#8217;s Sustained Achievement Award for both uniformed groups and the performing arts in 2004 and achieved Singapore Quality Class status in 2007. It has also been designated a Centre of Excellence for Environmental Education from 2008. In 2009 it was the first school to be bestowed the prestigious President\u2019s Award for the Environment.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/products\/versiwall-gp\/\">VersiWall<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> GP (VGP)<\/a> green walls installed at the CSS have become effective living educational tools. Students learn that for a small ground level footprint, green walls are able to provide environmental benefits by improving thermal insulation and noise attenuation properties of a building, enhance air quality and visual amenity, and also improve biodiversity. They demonstrate the role green walls play in combating urban heat island effect, and their ability in a broader perspective, to mitigate climate change and its consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school1n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8305\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school1n-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"school1n\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Elmich VGP Green Walls were installed on a high wall, from floor to ceiling, at the main entrance hallway of the school and also on a wall fronting the school\u2019s student assembly area. Besides enhancing visual aesthetics with lush greenery and creating an environment conducive to learning, they are also a source of therapeutic stress relief beneficial to the health and wellbeing of the students, providing escape from the stresses of urban living.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school2n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8306\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school2n-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"school2n\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school3n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8307\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school3n.jpg\" alt=\"school3n\" width=\"567\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school3n.jpg 567w, https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school3n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8308\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/school4-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"school4\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The vertical gardens also serve as reminders to young minds that in the midst of rapid urbanisation there is a corresponding and ever increasing need to incorporate more green space into the built environment in order to support and achieve more compact, resilient and liveable cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Details<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Client\/Developer:<\/strong> Commonwealth Secondary School<br \/>\n<strong>Landscape Consultant:<\/strong> Plantwerkz Pte Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Landscape Contractor:<\/strong> Plantwerkz Pte Ltd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the application <a href=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/?portfolio=commonwealth-secondary-school\">here<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth Secondary School (CSS) is a government autonomous and coeducational secondary school for students between the ages of 13 \u2013 16 in Singapore. 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