Webinar: Green Canopies: Shading Cities with Climbing Plants – The Vienna Climate Canopy (Wiener Klimahimmel)
Join our free webinar “Green Canopies: Shading Cities with Climbing Plants – The Vienna Climate Canopy (Wiener Klimahimmel)”, moderated by the European Federation of Green Roof and Green Wall Associations (EFB).
The Vienna Climate Canopy is a modular trellis that allows climbing plants to grow into a green canopy over the street within just a few years. The first prototype was installed in summer 2026 in front of the primary school in Corneliusgasse, Vienna.
The project partners will share what it takes to make it work, from heat measurements to the first wisteria blossoms:
☀️ Why a green canopy? Heat stress on site and the below-ground constraints for trees in dense cities
🌳 Tree or canopy? How to choose the right type of greening for each site
🏛️ Working with the city: permits and responsibilities in public space
🏗️ The structure: Y-shaped posts, clearance height, safety and structural design
🌱 Below ground: rooting volume, substrate, drainage and irrigation
🌸 Plants and trellis as one system: climbing strategies, and why wisteria?
🎤 Speakers:
Ines Otter, MA – Project Manager, Innovationslabor GRÜNSTATTGRAU
Dipl.-Ing. Anna Briefer – Research Associate and PhD candidate, Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction, BOKU University
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Huber – Architect, Senior Expert and Partner, RATAPLAN – Architektur ZT GmbH
📅 Thursday, 26 November 2026, 04:00-05:00 PM (CET)
👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/evfPdnvW
The webinar is aimed at city administrations, planners, landscape architects, contractors and anyone who wants cooler, more liveable streets.
The webinar is free of charge and will take place on Microsoft Teams. Registered participants will receive the meeting link one day before the event.
Funding:
This project is funded by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund and carried out under the programme “Lighthouses for Resilient Cities 2040”, managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). In December 2023, the Vienna Climate Canopy was selected through the participatory process of the Vienna Climate Team (Wiener Klimateam) in the district of Mariahilf. It has been in place in Corneliusgasse (1060 Vienna) since summer 2026.