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Czech households can now enjoy a renewed and better support for the greening of buildings. The Czech Ministry of the Environment has announced the prolongation of a popular subsidy program New green savings. Since its inception in 2016, the program has been supporting the construction of low-energy housing together with renovations aiming at increasing energy efficiency of the current housing ...

The City of Vienna published a new solar guide with a focus on combining solar energy and greening. The solar guide shows state of the art and innovative solutions for more solar energy and green on buildings. The new solar guide of the city of Vienna is published! GRÜNSTATTGRAU together with PV Austria and Austria Solar wrote the guidebook with ...

SOLAR GREEN ROOF - a great solution to boost biodiversity and maximize the energy yield in a combined solution. The first online seminar series of the EFB focussed onthe poweful combination of green roofs and solar energy. Dusty Gedge (UK), Fiona Wolff (GER) and Elisabeth Gruchmann (AT) gave insights on the combined solution of SOLAR GREEN ROOFs and shared their ...

Delivering successful green roofs in Mediterranean and Semi-Arid Climates. As part of the online seminar series the EFB gave a presentation with the focus on green roofs in arid regions with a specific focus on the successful implementation. Experts from Portugal, Italy and Texas (US) will gave insights on their experience and shared their best practice. Paulo Palha (PT), CEO ...

Slovakia is now a member of the EFB The EFB welcomes Slovakia and now proudly counts 14 members within the European Federation. Slovakia is no longer a grey place in Europe 🍀   The Slovakian Association for Green Roofs and Green Infrastructure (Asociácia pre zelené strechy a zelenú infraštruktúru) became part of the European Federation of Green Roof and Wall ...

Green roofs - delivering for the biodiversity in Crisis. How green roofs can support the EU biodiversity strategy? As part of the online seminar series the EFB gave a presentation with the focus on extensive green roofs and how they create a meaningful habitat for biodiversity. Since the respond was positive and participants were interested in further seminars, the next ...

Novi Sad – BiodiverCity The National Green Roof Association, Serbia is a leader of  “Novi Sad – BiodiverCity” project. Activities are  implemented in partnership with Novi Sad City Library, organization “Public Libraries 2030” from Brussels (Belgium), and the University Library “Svetozar Marković” from Belgrade. BiodiverCities is a project in the context of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. It aims to enhance civil society ...