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Urban Gardening

URBAN GARDENING – THE WAY TO CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE Society is at a breaking point as far as sustainability is concerned and we need to act, because the degradation of the balances on which nature depends is accelerating uncontrollably. The word sustainability is present in everything we read and hear. Citizens are increasingly aware that action is needed, however, the ...

Green roof of Nivy Mall – an oasis within a vivid city district

Green roof of Nivy Mall An oasis for leisure and retail in the heart of a vivid city district Bratislava’s New Nivy zone, located at the border with the Old Town, was always an important transportation hub. With lots of new development over the past few years, including both offices and housing, the brand-new Nivy Mall (a part of New ...

Conference on “Green building and urban biodiversity”

Conference organized by Adivet on “Green building and urban biodiversity” – 21.10.21 Adivet organized a one-day conference on “Green building and urban biodiversity” last October. Almost 150 people attended this conference to listen and talk with the major French experts in the field – university teachers, research institutes, policies. Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, Vice-President of the Committee on Sustainable Development at the ...

New nation-wide subsidies for green roofs in the Czech Republic

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 ...

Austria published a new solar guide

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 ...

Powered by biodiversity – Combining green roofs and solar energy

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 ...

Can green roofs be successfully implemented in Mediterranean and Semi-Arid climates?

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 ...

Welcome Slovakia!

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 ...

2nd SEED Call

2nd SEED Call of the metabuilding Innovation plattform 2nd of November - 26th of January 2022 SEED Innovation Vouchers, up to €5000, are available to SME’s to support an innovation project or new idea. The vouchers can be used to finance (or part-finance) external support from technical, legal, financial, and business experts. SEED vouchers provide SME’s with a solid foundation ...

Successful webinar series about biodiversity on green roofs

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 ...