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New Publication: Solar Green Roofs Resource Guide

New Publication: Solar Green Roofs Resource Guide

Green Roofs meet Solar Benefit from a free, joint experts-led Publication On the World Green Roof Day, at the World Congress of Green Roofs and Walls 2025 in Basel the new Solar Green Roofs Resource Guide was presented. The World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN), the European Federation of Green Roofs & Walls (EFB) and Solar Power Europe have identified a need ...

EFB webinar “Designing for Nature: Biodiverse Green Roofs and Animal-Aided Design”

EFB webinar “Designing for Nature: Biodiverse Green Roofs and Animal-Aided Design” Date: 12th June 2025 Time: 4:00 p.m. (CET) Platform: MS Teams Organiser: European Federation of Green Roof and Living Walls Associations (EFB) Registration: https://naturebasedenterprise.com/networks/events/182481 Speakers: Dr. Stephan Brenneisen – Head of Urban Ecology Research GroupZHAW, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (Switzerland) Prof. Dr. Thomas Hauck – Chair of Landscape Architecture …

Greening Modern Cities: international conference in Warsaw took place on 21.03.2025

Greening Modern Cities: international conference in Warsaw took place on 21.03.2025

Greening Modern Cities: International Conference in Warsaw On March 21, 2025, the Polish Green Roof Association (PSDZ) successfully hosted the international conference“Greening Modern Cities – The Role of Green Roofs and Living Walls in the Context of Urban Climate Change Adaptation”in Warsaw, Poland. The hybrid event attracted over 135 participants from across Europe and beyond, gathering experts, practitioners, researchers, and ...

EFB Annual General Meeting 2025 in Warsaw

EFB Annual General Meeting 2025 in Warsaw

EFB Annual General Meeting 2025 in Warsaw On March 20, 2025, the European Federation of Green Roof and Green Wall Associations (EFB) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Warsaw. The event brought together key stakeholders from across Europe to reflect on the achievements of the past year and shape the future of urban greening initiatives. Key Highlights of the ...

Introducing the new EFB Publication: Benefits of Green Buildings: Green Roofs, Green Walls, and Vertical Indoor Greenery

Introducing the new EFB Publication: Benefits of Green Buildings: Green Roofs, Green Walls, and Vertical Indoor Greenery

Introducing the new EFB Publication: Benefits of Green Buildings: Green Roofs, Green Walls and Vertical Indoor Greenery The European Federation of Green Roof and Living Wall Associations (EFB) is proud to present the newly translated and updated publication: "Benefits of Green Buildings (Green Roofs, Green Walls, and Vertical Indoor Greenery) – A Compilation of Numbers, Data, and Facts from Different ...

France: professional recommendations for vegetated cladding systems

France: professional recommendations for vegetated cladding systems

Recommandations professionnelles bardages rapportés végétalisés The Adivet publishes the Professional Recommendations for Green Facade Cladding Systems The Professional Recommendations for Green Facade Cladding Systems (RP BRV) provide all the necessary information for the design, installation, and maintenance of vertical greening systems, such as cladding systems, whether modular or continuous. Introduction to the document. At the end of 2024, Adivet published ...

Italian's guideline for green facades

Italian’s guideline for green facades

Vertical Green Guidlines Italy Instructions for the design, execution, control and maintenance of green walls The Italian Association AIVEP has published a guideline for green facades in 2023. The AIVEP Guideline for Vertical Green is proposed as a solid reference basis for the design of greened up walls, providing designers, producers, implementers and all stakeholders, a technical and scientific framework. ...

Austrian Standard for vertical outdoor greening: now available in English

Austrian Standard for vertical outdoor greening: now available in English

Austrian Standard for Vertical Outdoor Greening: ÖNORM L1136 now Available in English Directives for planning, maintenance and control In an exciting development for urban greening enthusiasts and professionals, the Austrian standard ÖNORM L1136 for vertical outdoor greening has officially been published in English. This comprehensive guide, which was previously available only in German, is now accessible to an international audience, ...

Green Market Report Austria 2019-2022

Green Market Report Austria 2019-2022

Austrian Green Market Report 2019-2022 The green industry in figures - market study on greening buildings. The Green Market Report 2019 - 2022 is the newest market report on the Austrian green building industry with comprehensive data, facts and figures. Green Market Report Austria The Green Market Report Austria comprehensively describes the Austrian market developments of greening buildings in the ...

Green Market Report 2024 Germany

Green Market Report 2024 Germany

Green Market Report 2024 Germany The green roof market grew by more than 17% between 2022 and 2023. Last year, around 10,191,000 square metres of roof area were newly greened in Germany. These figures are just a really small insights into the current data from the ‘BuGG Green Building Market Report 2024’. It also includes the topics ‘Subsidies for green ...