Leaf Island™ Regenerates Cities to Function As Natural Ecosystems Through Green Technology
Leaf Island is focused on the design, testing, and fabrication of biophysics-driven, modular, scalable and replicable green/blue infrastructure products and technologies that replicate resilient processes found in nature. Leaf Island’s award-winning approach returns ecosystem functions to cityscapes, streets & coastlines.
Traditionally, high upfront costs and lengthy construction timelines have been a major limiting factor for the widespread adoption of green infrastructure. By taking a modular approach to green infrastructure, we remove the need for custom design and are able to accelerate carbon capture, energy efficiency upgrades, stormwater capture, air pollutant reduction, biodiversity restoration, adaptive reuse of the waste stream, and more, through the restoration of ecosystem services in urban settings. Our products are designed to be 70% less costly than alternatives and can be installed in 1/10 of the time, finally allowing for a scalable approach to green infrastructure.
Leaf Island provides the tools to bring the living environment back into cities without starting over
Leaf Island™ Regenerates Cities to Function As Natural Ecosystems Through Green Technology
Leaf Island is focused on the design, testing, and fabrication of biophysics-driven, modular, scalable and replicable green/blue infrastructure products and technologies that replicate resilient processes found in nature. Leaf Island’s award-winning approach returns ecosystem functions to cityscapes, streets & coastlines.
Traditionally, high upfront costs and lengthy construction timelines have been a major limiting factor for the widespread adoption of green infrastructure. By taking a modular approach to green infrastructure, we remove the need for custom design and are able to accelerate carbon capture, energy efficiency upgrades, stormwater capture, air pollutant reduction, biodiversity restoration, adaptive reuse of the waste stream, and more, through the restoration of ecosystem services in urban settings. Our products are designed to be 70% less costly than alternatives and can be installed in 1/10 of the time, finally allowing for a scalable approach to green infrastructure.
Leaf Island provides the tools to bring the living environment back into cities without starting over
Our Technologies
How Leaf Island Sees The Urban Landscape
How Leaf Island Sees The Urban Landscape
Underpass Retrofit Vision
A bare, uninviting concrete underpass has the capacity to be transformed into a tunnel of green space that not only looks beautiful, but also delivers immense ecological potential.
Floating Wetlands take up all of the stormwater from the overlying expressway. Their vertical exterior becomes a habitat for bryophytes, which capture the air pollution generated by the thousands of vehicles that pass through this area each day. Its concrete barrier structure protects pedestrians, cyclists and would-be jaywalkers from the high-speed traffic on the roadway.
Dense ivy sprouts from the floating wetlands and planters located at the base of the pillars and grows along cable trellises surrounding the pillars and overlying plinths. This vertically-aligned vegetation utilizes the immense surface area offered by the pillars to essentially eliminate the urban heat island effect through the process of evapotranspiration; not only cooling the nearby area, but allowing vehicles to carry cool air further down the underpass during hot summer months.
The LED lighting above creates a safe, welcoming public space for pedestrians and cyclists at night, while supporting the plant growth in this normally low-light environment. Air quality and temperature sensors cause certain rows of lights to change color, allowing residents to see the effects that this greenspace has on the area.
This is Leaf Island in action.
Contact Us
Igor Bronz
Co-Founder
igor@leafisland.org