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Study confirms green roofs’ positive impacts on solar panels
We at WGIN have for long known that green roofs can positively impact the performance of solar panels. Now, an Australian comprehensive study shows green roofs’ benefits across energy savings, CO2 reduction and an increase in biodiversity.Carried out in a district of...
In the press | Rainwater as a resource in the city
Blue-green infrastructure are key to help adapt urban rainwater management to climate change, reports Tagesspiegel Background (Germany).In Germany and the EU, experts are calling for more commitment to adapting urban rainwater management to climate change. The focus...
Living architecture monitor: Summer Edition
Summer 2021: The Climate Issue While the Climate Crisis clearly threatens us, it also provides a powerful motivation to fight it by embracing rapid change. Much of this change is already taking the form of new and positive policy developments, exciting design...
Have Your Say: European Commission Consults on New Stormwater Policies
April 2021 was the wettest and coldest April on record, yet summer in Europe could not have had a better start for green infrastructure. Let’s find out why.In the Summer edition of Living Architecture Monitor (LAM), Head of EU World Green Infrastructure Network Luigi...
Launch of Sempergreen white paper: ‘Building for Biodiversity’
How can green roofs contribute to promoting biodiversity in urban areas? WGIN member Sempergreen developed a white paper ‘Building for biodiversity’, which answers this question and aims to raise awareness among architects, property developers, governments, and other...
We are proud to have participated in the Bled Strategic Forum #BSF2021!
Our President Manfred Koehler presented the multiple benefits of urban #greeninfrastructure on citizens' quality of life and how it can help make cities more climate resilient 🌱🌆
How can we make the #EUGreenDeal tangible?
How do we ensure that changes are inclusive?
Join our President Manfred Köhler on Sept 2 for this interesting #BSF2021 session ⬇️
More information: http://bit.ly/Agenda_BSF2021
Bundeskongress Gebäudegrün am 23./24.11.2021 in Berlin + online | Preparing for the World Congress of Building Greening 2022: 10.-12. May, also in Berlin https://www.gebaeudegruen.info/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/bundeskongress-gebaeudegruen-am-23-24112021-berlin-und-online | http://worldgreeninfrastructurenetwork.org @greenroofs @WGRD2021 @EFBgreen @WGINetwork @urbangreenTUB @umweltHB