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 BuildingRead 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
The partners of the BIG4LIFE project participated at the Construmat 2024 fair, the annual meeting point for the construction sector, a referent fair in Spain. During the session, the project’s partners specialized in the green roof sector and vertical landscaping presented the BIG4LIFE project,Read More »BIG4LIFE at Construmat 2024
Over 40 students of architecture, landscape architecture, and design from the University of Genoa together with undergraduates from technical architecture and agricultural engineering from the University of Lleida presented proposals to redesign the green roof of the H3 module ofRead More »Students think green
On the 14th of May, freshmen students from the Torre Vicens High School in Lleida participated in an innovative workshop organized by the BIG4LIFE project together with the Official Architects Gild of Catalonia and the University of Lleida. Working inRead More »Workshop with high school students
What: Workshop to define collaborative strategies for the long-term monitoring and maintenance of green systems Who: stakeholders and public interested in Builging Integrated Greenery (BIG) systems When: May 30th, 4pm Where: TEB Verd (c/Fernando Pessoa 54 Sant Andreu, Barcelona) Registration:Read More »Green inspiration Workshop – Barcelona
In 2009, the management of the PCiTAL decided to refurbish the building. The project included the installation of a green roof to cover the six rooftops of the H-shaped building. This green roof was intended to favor the thermal insulationRead More »BIG4LIFE begins the refurbishment of the green roof of the PCiTAL building
What: Workshop to define collaborative strategies for the long-term monitoring and maintenance of green systems Who: stakeholders and public interested in Builging Integrated Greenery (BIG) systems When: May 14th, 4pm Where: Rooftop – Building H1 PCiTAL (Lleida) Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/H7zxfWm8MK
