What is the place of nature in a smart city?
Posted onQuestion asked to Emmanuel François, Smart Buildings Alliance for Smart Cities Read More
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How can companies present in business parks contribute to the deployment of urban gardens and greenhouses?
Posted onThere are already installations in Bettembourg at the IFSB, in Bertrange at AG2R La Mondiale and in Oberpallen at the Pall Center. Read More
Innovation grows on our rooftops and in our cities
Posted onThe seed was planted in 2015, when the Neobuild innovation cluster for sustainable construction built an experimental educational greenhouse on the roof of its living laboratory. Nearly 5 years later, the idea germinated to become a real urban revolution! Read More
Visit of the GROOF project
Posted onOn 5 June 2019, Claude Turmes, Minister for Energy and Town and Country Planning, visited Bettembourg at the Institut de Formation Sectoriel du Bâtiment in order to find out on the spot how the GROOF (Greenhouses to Reduce CO2 on Roofs) project carried out as part of the Interreg North-West Europe 2014-2020 programme is being put into practice. Read More
Buildings embrace off-ground cultivation
Posted onFaced with the problems of soil quality, land availability and agro-climatic control, greenhouse soil-less cultivation appears to be a relevant solution for urban agricultural production. Read More
URBAN AGRICULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE IN NANTES, WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS ?
Posted onThursday 13 June 2019 - Ecole Centrale Nantes Amphitheatre As part of the European Interreg GROOF project, which develops and analyses the synergies between greenhouses for plant production and architecture, a morning of exchanges and discussions is organised with professional actors from Nantes in this new urban dynamic. Architects, urban farmers, local authorities, the agricultural world and builders will come to develop their views on the future of Nantes and its urban agriculture... and architecture! Come and discover and exchange with them, on June 13th at the Amphitheatre of the Ecole Centre, to understand and build together our cities of the future. Read More
Living City Conference "Urban Farming & Green Buildings" : GROOF in the spotlight!
Posted onThe international LIVING CITY conference is back ! The theme of this new edition will be Urban Farming and the green buildings. Don't miss THE "urban farming" meeting in the presence of the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development Carole DIESCHBOURG who will present the national Urban Farming strategy and where the GROOF project will be in the spotlight ! Read More
GROOF idea goes global
Posted on9th International Circular Economy Week & Conference took place at Environmental Campus Birkenfeld on 22 – 26 October 2018. Prof. Dr. Peter Heck, the Managing Director of IfaS, introduced GROOF to the international audience during his welcome speech on Green Growth. He addressed the issue of CO2 emission reduction and the importance of cross-sectoral approach. Read More
Launch of the GROOF project !
Posted onThe Interreg V NWE project called GROOF for "Greenhouses to Reduce CO2 on rooFs" has been finally approved by Interreg program the 20th of September 2017. Read More