VERDBCN Blog

On June 21, 2023, an information session was held on the VP-BCN project for users of the green roof of Porxos d’en Xifré. The research team took the opportunity to do the practical session of the training course in odour capture using the App Odourcollect and making olfactory maps with

During the month of April 2023 there are some citizen science activities on the contribution of green roofs to runoff water quality improvement. Some activities on the determination of water quality were conducted at green roof located on the Pérez Iborra school

On March 23, a training activity and an olfactory tour took place on the green roof of the Pérez Iborra school. The training session was conducted by Johana Burbano, odour specialist from the research company Science for Change, with which we have established a collaboration whitin the Proximity Green project

Dr. Gabriel Pérez represented the Verd de Proximitat-BCN project team in the “Vespres de recerca – Envelliment i qualitat de vida” session that took place last February 23 at the Residència d’Investigadors – CSIC, in the framework of the Biennal Ciutat Ciència 2023 de Barcelona. The main researchers of the

On February 14, 2023, an informative and training session took place at the Urbaser facilities, during which the interest groups of this building involved in the biodiverse green cover were informed about the Proximity Green project and of the monitoring actions being carried out. In addition, this February 2023 the

On November 21, 2022, the UPC doctoral student and member of the research group of the Verd de Proximidad project, Fanny Esther Berigüete Alcántara, presented the progress of the project at the CONAMA 2022 National Environment Congress, which took place from November 21-24 in Madrid. Her participation was part of

Last October 22, 2022 Dr. Gabriel Pérez presented the Verd de Proximitat project at the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ICED2022, organized by the HELENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY, of which he was a member of the scientific committee, that took place in the city of Athens. In the “Cities and

On November 30, 2022, an informative and training session took place at the TEBVerd facilities. During the session the interest groups of this building, involved in green roofs, were informed about the types of green roofs, its benefits and future challenges. Also, examples of application around the world were reviewed.

During the months of September, October and November 2022, the installation tasks of the monitoring equipment on the different green roofs continued. It is expected that during the months of November and December this stage of the project can be completed, also in the Ubaser and the Terrats d’en Xifrè

Last June 2022, the first monitoring equipment began to be installed on the green roofs of TEBVerd and Pérez Iborra. These facilities will cover the collection of data on the indicators that allow them to be automated, such as the capture of rainwater, the reduction of the heat island effect,

During the months of April and May, intensive work has been done on the definition of the indicators that allow monitoring of the impacts that green roofs and facades have on the building in which they are located and on the nearby built environment . The main innovation of the

Durante los meses de febrero y marzo de 2022 se llevó a cabo la caracterización de los proyectos, con visitas a los mismos para recopilar información sobre su funcionamiento actual, la revisión de los agentes involucrados, conocer las características técnicas del proyecto, y saber si actualmente se monitoriza o no