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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Ripich Commons living green wall featured on NEWS CENTER Maine

NEWS CENTER Maine videographer frames shot of living green wall
NEWS CENTER Maine videographer frames shot of living green wall

The living green wall inside the new, state-of-the-art, eco-friendly Ripich Commons building was recently featured on NEWS CENTER Maine.

The wall is a prominent part of the 60,340-square-foot, three-level, multipurpose facility on the Biddeford Campus.

Living green walls bring the outdoors inside, by providing a touch of nature to structures made of concrete and steel. The plants are also great for air quality inside those buildings.

The wall at the Ripich Commons is one of the largest in Maine. It is the first one installed at a college or university by the Salisbury, Massachusetts-based Plantwerks.

The wall is made up of 960 plants, with five different varieties of tropical shrubs.

UNE sophomore Evan Carrell told NEWS CENTER Maine she enjoys studying near the wall.

"It is definitely a beautiful addition to the campus. It brings this new building to life and offers great appeal when you walk through the doors,” she said.

The segment ran on WCSH/WLBZ-TV's 5:30 p.m. newscast and appeared on the NEWS CENTER Maine website.

Watch the story on NEWS CENTER Maine 

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The living green wall is a prominent feature of Ripich Commons
The living green wall is a prominent feature of Ripich Commons

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.