A rooftop greenhouse (RG) is not a simple agricultural production tool. It is a way to increase the whole building value, and to show your interest in modernity and ecology. Rooftop greenhouse can be used to product fruits and vegetables only, in an intensive way, or can also be seen as a place for people to meet and exchange. Read More
Nous intervenons auprès des collectivités françaises le 16 janvier prochain dans le cadre du Forum "Action Coeur de Ville"! Rendez-vous à Paris le 16 janvier 2020, avec notre intervenant Guillaume Morel Chevillet (Astredhor) Read More
Join us on Thursday, January 16th, with our guest Guillaume Morel Chevillet (Astredhor) Read More
In July 2018, one of the biggest European rooftop greenhouses (RTG) went bankrupt. Located in The Hague (Netherlands), this project, named UF002 De Schilde (UF), was built in 2016 and maintained by “Urban- Farmers”, a Swiss company which already made a pilot RTG based in Basel (Switzerland) in 2013. Read More
This past weekend, 26 and 27th of October, the Sostenipra research group from ICTA-UAB, along with the GROOF project took part in the Science fair “Festa de la Ciència” coordinated by the City of Barcelona. It was the 13th edition performed at the public space “Moll de la Fusta” during which lots of citizens who were interested in science and technology got the opportunity to be closer to the different topics related to technological advances and catch up on current problematics that science and technology are helping to solve. Read More
On the 28th of October 2019 the GROOF partner Sostenipra from the institute ICTA-UAB based in Barcelona, joined with Entorno XXI, Eixverd, 4A + A Arquitectura Ambiental, COAC and with the support of the City Council of Barcelona, organized a seminar discussing the barriers and opportunities of the new use of the urban rooftops. These were identified by the actors involved in the Green Cover call (Cobertes Verdes) promoted by the City Council of Barcelona as owners, communities, administrators, technicians and the administration itself. Read More
Tours-Fondettes agrocampus provides an area of 2000m2 to an urban farmer who can test his project! All information here... Read More
A day to understand the benefits of urban rooftop greenhouses! On October 14th, the GROOF project partners invite you to a day dedicated to urban agriculture and CO2 reduction! Read More
The project GROOF aims to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions expressed in CO2e by implementing greenhouses on rooftops for local production of vegetables. The reduction of GHG emissions is expected to result from the synergy effects of building and rooftop greenhouse (RTG), such as recovering heat losses from the building below to heat the RTG, and from reduced transport emissions. The questions are: How can we prove the emission saving from the four GROOF pilots? And compared to which greenhouse production do we save CO2e emissions? Read More
Urban farming can take many different forms. It ranges from community or allotment gardens to rooftop greenhouses and indoor cultivation inside buildings. Read More
