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A new green lung for Porto (PT)

A new green lung for Porto (PT)

The inauguration of the Campanhã Intermodal Terminal In July 2022 the Campanhã Intermodal Terminal (TIC) was inaugurated, representing an inportant point for the public transport system in Porto. the project was budgeted at over 13 million euros and covers a green area of over 4.6 hectares. It is a new step by the City of Porto to achieve carbon neutrality in ...

25 years for greenery on buildings

25 years for greenery on buildings

Greening buildings: SFG promotes the "Solar Green Roof" On 22 June 2022, the Swiss Greening Association celebrated its 25th anniversary in Thun. Building Greening SFG" celebrated its 25th anniversary in Thun - its founding location - with an anniversary and trade event. A total of 160 people experienced a worthy anniversary conference on the exciting topic of "The green city ...

International Green Roof and Walls Conference in Prague

International Green Roof and Walls Conference in Prague

Green roofs and facades – trends and synergies Green roofs provide a range of benefits not only to the building owner and user, but also to society as a whole. They provide an efficient way of managing rainwater, heat savings, contribute to improving the urban microclimate or reducing the urban heat island effect. Last but not least, they serve as ...

Green urban infrastructure in Spain

Green urban infrastructure in Spain

Green urban infrastructure in Spain Facts and Perceptions Multifunctional Urban Agriculture PRONATUR, the Spanish Society for the Promotion of Nature in Urban and Rural Areas, published their Green Urban Infrastructure Report in April 2022. An interdisciplinary collaboration between companies and civil organizations, constituting the working group Pronatur (www.pronatur.es), this report on green infrastructure in Spain is combining available information with ...

EFB General Meeting in Thun, Switzerland

EFB General Meeting in Thun, Switzerland

EFB General Meeting 2022 Thun, Switzerland This year, the general meeting took place in Thun, Switzerland. Following the invitation of the Swiss association (SFG), 13 members of different countries came all their ways to Thun to discuss the activities of the upcoming year in person including board members online. The intense day of elections, discussions and interactive brainstorming ended on ...

Park Guthaus

Park Guthaus

Park Guthaus ... a new, vibrant and green public space The Guthaus project was envisioned to show how a long-abandoned brownfield can be revitalized and turned into a benefit for the city. In this project, the built-up area was reduced, greenery was added, playgrounds were installed and rain gardens as well as several impressive green roofs were implemented. The project design combined the ...

News from France

News from France

Update from our French association ADIVET Participation in an online blog, Daily Green Adivet has established a collaboration with a blogger who signs or involves editors on the theme of the city and the environment. The first step of this collaboration was an article on green buildings and biodiversity. The good feedback has led the blogger to ask Adivet for ...

FACADE GREENING - effects and basics for planning and implementation

FACADE GREENING – effects and basics for planning and implementation

FACADE GREENING effects and basics for planning and implementation This time, the EFB online webinar focused on the topic of green wall technologies. Green facades are gaining more and more interest. Nevertheless, their positive impacts and benefit are strongly underrated, and experiences are not that well distributed. Therefore, experienced experts would like to introduce the audience to the technology ...

GREEN ROOF POLICIES

GREEN ROOF POLICIES

GREEN ROOF POLICIES As part of the online seminar series two members of the EFB gave an insight on the different policies for green roofs. This seminar focused on how policies have evolved and delivered in Europe. The knowledge and experience in the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) was explained by Stefan Zeller, project work consultant of the ...

World Green Roof Day 2022

World Green Roof Day 2022

World Green Roof Day 2022 Share the green roof love on social media with images, events and gatherings. #worldgreenroofday #wgrd #wgrd2022 What is World Green Roof Day? A celebration of green roofs all over the world and the many benefits they bring to people and nature. Why World Green Roof Day? Towns and cities globally are going green to adapt to climate change. Green ...