In Europe, buildings are the largest energy consumer, with 75% showing poor energy performance. The Interreg North-West Europe GROOF project has studied how to integrate greenhouses on and to buildings to reuse the heat produced and reduce CO2 emissions. Caroline Bini, partner in the project, will demonstrate how this innovative approach towards urban resilience - circular urban farms - not only helps cities decrease CO2 emissions, but also improves access to local food.
- Territorial | Urban | INTERREG | EU/ European | Energy | Climate and environment | Sustainable | Cohesion | Food
- Code: 08TK241815
- Albert Borschette Conference Centre, AB-4D
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Practical information
- When
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Tue 08/10/2024, 15:30 - 15:45 CET
- Where
- Albert Borschette Conference Centre, AB-4D
- Type of partnership
- Partnership
- Format
- EURegionsTalks / Living Library/Pecha Kucha
- Theme
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Smart and sustainable growth for regions
- Language
- English
Partner
Reporting
Session summary
In 2050, 70% of the 9,7 billion global population will be in cities. Buildings emit 37% of CO2 emissions, a part from putting pressure on open-ground agriculture
The GROOF (Greenhouses to reduce CO2 on Roofs) project is is an innovative cross-sectoral approach to use rooftop greenhouses to take unexploited urban space, create proximity to consumers, reduce CO2 emissions and make cities less vulnerable to extreme climate events.
The project involved building four greenhouses on rooftops in four European cities to study the synergies between the construction and agriculture industries and identify the
advantages and challenges of rooftop agriculture. The findings from pilots are gathered in a document called "GROOF guidelines" meant to be used by different actors such as architects, investors, farms, municipalities, etc. The experience from this project paved the way to a new project financed by the Interreg NWE Programme called CUF Training that seeks to support actors in designing, building and managing circular urban farms. It offers multiple trainings covering a diverse range of topics essential for circular urban farming like: organic farming techniques, aquaponics and hydroponics, organic waste management, circular urban farm design.
