The new challenges faced by organizations in terms of energy efficiency and sustainability make necessary the acquisition of new techniques and knowledge. To address the issue, the University of Lleida, through the Continuing Education Center, and EAN University of ColombiaRead More »Participation in the Specialization Course on sustainable energy and energy efficiency
This February, a senior group of six volunteers from Lleida joined the LIFE BIG4LIFE project to support maintenance and monitoring tasks on the H3 green roof at the Parc Agrobiotech. Their involvement strengthens the project’s community dimension and helps ensureRead More »Senior Volunteers to Strengthen Green Roof Maintenance
BIG4LIFE offers UdL students a space to rethink urban environments and make them greener and healthier Imagining cooler cities, full of life and designed for everyone’s well-being is the starting point of the new course “Renaturalizing the City” at theRead More »Cross-disciplinary Course “Renaturalizing the City”
Within the LIFE BIG4LIFE project, we are assessing how green roofs influence the well‑being of the people who use them. On the H3 green roof at Parc Agrobiotech, we have installed a QR code so users can share their experienceRead More »Monitoring well‑being on the green roofs of Parc Agrobiotech
Within the LIFE BIG4LIFE project, we continue to deepen our understanding of how green roofs contribute to enhancing urban biodiversity. On the H3 green roof at Parc Agrobiotech, we are carrying out detailed monitoring of the species that grow andRead More »Monitoring biodiversity on the H3 green roof at Parc Agrobiotech
Yesterday, the LIFE BIG4LIFE team met with the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC), an organization that supported the project during its application phase to the LIFE Programme. The meeting served to align objectives, review progress made so far, and exploreRead More »Meeting with COAC to boost new actions
The World Green Infrastructure Congress (WGIC), organised annually by the World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN), will hold its twelfth edition in Barcelona and Lleida from 27 to 30 October 2026. The event, co‑organised with the University of Lleida, will bringRead More »Barcelona and Lleida to host the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2026
For three months, Giulia Mazzucco, a PhD student from the University of Genoa, carried out a research stay at the University of Lleida within the framework of the BIG4LIFE project. She worked on the cost‑benefit analysis of BIG systems, theRead More »Academic exchanges
The roof of the Agrobiotech Park in Lleida has been adapted to become a more accessible and pleasant space. Shaded benches have been installed, along with thermo‑treated pine wood decking with views over the Horta and the Seu Vella, andRead More »The transformation of the Agrobiotech Park roof into a space for leisure and relaxation
The roof of the building in Cavallers Street, in the centre of Lleida, has been fully restored thanks to collaborative projects with students from different training programmes. Students from Agronomy and Technical Architecture at the University of Lleida worked onRead More »Completion of the rehabilitation of the Cavallers roof
