Researchers highlighted the benefits of building-integrated greenery systems for sustainable urban environments. The BIG4LIFE consortium made a significant impact at the 5th International Conference on Environmental Design and Health (ICED2024), which took place from October 18 to 20, 2024, in… Read More »BIG4LIFE Consortium Showcased Innovative Research at ICED2024 Conference in Athens
This summer, Gabriel Luque and Laura Herrera, coordinators of the BIG4LIFE project have hosted Martina Lorente, a senior high-school student who is carrying out her research project on green roofs. The work is entitled “Green roofs: study and comparison of… Read More »BIG4LIFE summer school
The BIG4LIFE consortium will participate in the 5th International Conference on Environmental Design and Health (ICED2024) organized by our partner Laboratory of Technology and Policy of Energy and Environment from the Hellenic Open University in Athens (Greece) from the 18th… Read More »BIG4LIFE participates in ICED2024
BIG systems support biodiversity in urban environments. BIG4LIFE researchers have installed autonomous bio-trapping cameras to have a log of all the animals visiting the project’s green roof at the Agrobiotech Park in Lleida in search of water, food, or shelter.… Read More »Green roofs host biodiversity
The BIG4LIFE project has launched its first Community Service Learning (CSL) team to monitor the refurbished green roof of the H3 building at the Agrobiotech Park in Lleida (formerly known as the PCiTAL building). The team is formed by four… Read More »Launch of the BIG4LIFE Community Service Learning
The coordinators of the BIG4LIFE project, Gabriel Pérez and Laura Herrera, participate in the 7th ApS Conference of Catalan Universities (UIC) organized by the ApSUCat Network held at the International University of Catalonia. ApSUCAT is the service-learning network (ApS) of… Read More »BIG4LIFE coordinators participate in the 7th ApS Conference of Catalan Universities
Adding greenery to urban environments can help improve the overall wellbeing of urban dwellers. But how much exactly are plants contributing to improve air quality? BIG4LIFE has installed sensors on the green roof of the URBASER building (pilot case BIG5)… Read More »Monitoring the impact of Green Roofs on urban air quality
In April, the improvement work started to repair the green roof of the PCiTAL building in Lleida. After several weeks of work, the green roof is almost ready to become a green area for all the building dwellers to enjoy.… Read More »The PCiTAL green roof refurbished
The BIG4LIFE project has organized two “Green Inspiration” workshops to define collaborative strategies for the long-term monitoring and maintenance of green systems in Lleida and Barcelona. To do so, the project coordinators invited stakeholders and the public interested in Building… Read More »Great participation at the Green Inspiration workshops
Gabriel Perez, coordinator of the BIG4LIFE project, attended the NBS Summit Urban Edition “Discussing Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development” held in Porto (Portugal) on May 23rd and 24th. Perez participated in the Scientific panels with the presentation “Building-Integrated Greenery.… Read More »BIG4LIFE at the NBS Summit
