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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 ...

2nd Digital Blue-Green Event

2nd Digital Blue-Green Event

The Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2021 During theDigital Blue-Green Event the winner of the Scandinavian Green Roof Award was announced. The Green Roof Award has been given out annually to the best green roof project in Scandinavia. It is intended to inspire the Scandinavian green roof market toward excellence and to raise public and professional awareness about the multiple benefits ...

25th Anniversary of the Swiss Greening Building Association

25th Anniversary of the Swiss Greening Building Association

SFG Anniversary Conference "Green City of the Future" On June 22, 2022, the swiss association of greening building (SFG) will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a day-long event on current issues in greening buildings. This anniversary conference "Green City of the Future" would like to encourage people to join forces and design cities that are fit for the future! The EFB ...

Enhancing Environmental Education Through NBS

Enhancing Environmental Education Through NBS

New publication Enhancing Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions New publication about 'Enhancing Environmental Education Through NBS' is now available! Within the 24 chapters the book presents mixed focus of Nature-based solutions with Environmental Education. Contains a internationally diverse authors giving a global and contextualized perspective of the topic. Includes technical and educational content, aiming towards the need to disseminate environmental ...

2nd Grow & Harvest Call

2nd Grow & Harvest Call

2nd Grow & Harvest Call The GROW/HARVEST call intends to stimulate EU-wide collaboration of SMEs to allow them to detect market opportunities and establish partnerships that they are not naturally prone to look for. Cross-border collaborations of 2 or more SMEs from different eligible countries are mandatory. Two types of collaborative innovation projects with a maximum duration of 6 months ...

BAD PRACTICE of green roofs – learning from mistakes

BAD PRACTICE of green roofs – learning from mistakes

BAD PRACTICE of green roofs – learning from mistakes Share mistakes from various green roofs projects we encountered in our careers so that they are not repeated. As part of the online seminar series the EFB gave an overview of different mistakes that can be made when planning green roofs. To secure high quality in planning, building and maintaining green ...

AIPH World Green City Awards

AIPH World Green City Awards

AIPH Partners with the European Federation of Green Roof and Living Wall Associations (EFB) for Greener Cities The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), the world’s champion for the power of plants, is proud to welcome EFB as a partner for the AIPH World Green City Awards and beyond The partnership between AIPH and EFB showcases the strong alignment of ...

EILO Best Project Awards 2021

EILO Best Project Awards 2021

EILO Best Project Awards 2021 52 indoor greenery projects from 15 countries show that the future is green! Every two years EILO – the European Interior Landscaping Organisation – organises its Best Project Competition. EILO’s aim is to connect professional interior landscapers to share knowledge, expertise and inspiration and with this competition it wants to generate attention for interior landscaping ...

BuGG Advanced Training Programme on Building Greening

BuGG Advanced Training Programme on Building Greening

Introductory Seminar on Building Greening [E01_EN] The German Association of Building Greening „Bundesverband Gebäudegrün e.V. (BuGG)“ just launched their basic seminars on green roofs and facades in English language. Seminar content Theoretical basics of greening buildings: General conditions, planning principles for construction and vegetation techniques and characteristics of the most important forms of roof and facade greening; with reference to ...