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From Pure Hedera Walls to Sophisticated Hybrid Living Walls: A Journey through Green Facades

We are excited to announce the commencement of our WGIN/CEP Lecture Series 2024. Our first lecture features none other than Prof. Dr. Manfred Köhler. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades and more than 200 publications, Prof. Dr. Köhler has been a trailblazer in green infrastructure research and practice. As the Co-founder and President of the World Green Infrastructure Network, he has championed the cause of green roofs and green walls worldwide. Lecture Topic: From Pure Hedera Walls to Sophisticated Hybrid Living Walls: A Journey through Green Façades. Registration: Please scan the QR code on the attached poster to register for the event. Zoom Link: https://eduhk.zoom.us/j/91491366079?pwd=SVI2Ui9RcGo1YnBSMEN3cUowNHo1UT09  Date & Time: Wednesday, January 31st 2024. 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET. All attendees will receive a certificate of participation courtesy of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland. We encourage you to extend this invitation to your network and join us in exploring the fascinating world of green walls. NB: Certificates for previous lectures in 2023 are being prepared, and as soon as they are ready, you will all receive your certificates.

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WGIN AWARDS 2023

WGIN will present the 2023 Global Awards for best green infrastructure practice at the World Green Infrastructure Congress in Berlin 27 – 29 June 2023. The WGIN Awards will acknowledge four categories. Built Environment Green Infrastructure (green roofs & green walls) Urban Landscape Green Infrastructure Research Green Infrastructure Policy Green Infrastructure Award Category Submissions: Nominations open on 27 February 2023 and close on 31 May 2023. WGIN Award Conditions of Entry: Nominations submitted by or on behalf of WGIN National Association members will be judged. Each National Association member can nominate a maximum of two submissions for each award category. Category submissions must have been completed; published or implemented after 01 January 2023. National Association members can nominate award submissions from their own nation or from any other nation. There is no restriction on where the project; research or policy originated and was completed. National members are encouraged to choose nominations that are based on merit and efficacy. Once submissions have been received by WGIN, they will be judged on merit by the WGIN judging panels; submissions may be promoted on the WGIN website prior to each category winner being announced at the World Green Infrastructure Congress. The winners for each category will receive a trophy and will also be promoted globally over the following year. WINNERS 2023: Winner of Green Infrastructure Research: Jorge Adán Sánchez Reséndiz, Spain Build Environment: Green Wall Project Kempegowda International Airport Terminal, IndiaGrant Associates New 255,000 m² terminal designed & built on 4 key pillars: Terminal in a Garden; Sustainability; Technology; Art & Culture series of interconnected buildings joined by landscaped spaces + populated with plants, bamboo-clad pavilions, indoor waterfalls & rattan furnishings, 3-story ‘forest belt’ largest airport building in the world pre-certified as LEED Platinum greenwalls, hanging gardens & greenroofs galore! Honourable mention: Szellkapu Park 3-Dimensional Hanging Garden, Hungary:​ 4D Landscape Design​ Build Environment: Green Roof Award Hundertwasser Art Centre & Wairau Māori Art Gallery Whangārei, New Zealand Zoe Avery  In 1993 Hundertwasser invited to design an art gallery for Whangārei Aotearoa’s 1st & only Māori contemporary art gallerydesigned to reflect Hundertwasser’s belief in the importance of integrating nature into the built environment Native Northland specific plants: offshore island, threatened, endangered or rare species Integrating endemic species with fruiting trees allows wandering through the forest to discover, pick & eat fruit  Feel like a guest of nature on the roof! The living roof creates a rich habitat for plants, insects & birds, fostering a thriving ecosystem that supports biodiversity Home to the rarest tree in the world: Three Kings Kaikomako, Pennantia baylisiana Forest plantings set randomly, allowing spontaneous vegetation beneath the trees where new plants can self-seed Innovative design: interlocking network of cells maintains the substrate, trees & drainage on the 1:4 slope Green roof has withstood 2 cyclones & several major weather events since it was installed last year! Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua” ~ Care are for the land, care for people, go forward By: Zoë Avery, Renée Davies, oversight from the Hundertwasser Non-Profit Foundation & Springmann Architecture, Dr Robyn Simcock, HB Architecture, Friedensreich Hundertwasser (concept design) Honourable mention: The Plus – Furniture Factory, Norway Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Urban Landscape Award Coeur University, Nanterre, France François Leclercq & Associates Honourable mention: Idzikowski Street Park, Poland:​ Ikropka Landscape Architecture Studio Further Information: Contact your National Association for more information. Contact WGIN for more information: info@wgin.org awards@wgin.org 

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European Cluster Construction Innovation Platform

A first presentation of the European Cluster Construction Innovation Platform and Networks will take place on 30 March 2023. Register here. The new European Cluster Construction Innovation Platform offers support to companies and clusters in the construction sector in Europe to stimulate the innovation potential of the construction sector through cross-sector and cross-border collaboration. The Metabuilding Cluster Platform assists in finding available funding for innovation, innovative technologies and virtually showcases companies’ products/services, brings together partners for joint projects and offers the possibility to reach new markets. This platform is closely linked to international networks such as several national international clusters, the ECTP – European Construction Technology Platform, the EuRIC – the European recycling industries, the EFB – European Federation of Green Roof and Living Wall Associations and innovation laboratories. It aims to become an important European new tool for business innovation and for collaboration between related sectors such as building materials, recycling and circular economy, additive manufacturing and 3D printing, nature-based solutions and digitalization in Europe. With 3.75 million euros, 140 SMEs have already been supported, collaborative innovation projects have been established and business models have been created. A first presentation of the European Cluster Construction Innovation Platform and Networks will take place on 30 March. Register here. Find more information here.

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