Technology & Innovation

Experiences with Nature-Inclusive Building

ir. Maike van Stiphout, landscape architect, Amsterdam Free webinar Tuesday, Febrary 10, 2026, 17.00 hrs The temperature-reducing effects of greening in urban spaces are, fortunately, now widely known. But what does "greening" actually mean? Chlorophyll isn't a...

Greywater Use – Potentials in and Around Buildings

Webinar with Oliver Pongracz and Susanne Formanek Now available on our YouTube channel: Greywater Use – Potentials in/on and around Buildings In densely built cities, water is becoming an increasingly precious resource. At the same time, a large amount of...

Differentiated Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Effects of Urban Greenery

Which of the green-blue infrastructures, green roofs or façades, or perhaps trees, are the most effective means of climate adaptation, especially against the increasing overheating of our cities? Given the costs involved, which solution is the best choice?

Fire protection with facade greening

Dr. Dieter Werner, Testing, Inspection and Certification Body of the City of Vienna, Head of the Building Physics Laboratory Is facade greening a fire hazard? The City of Vienna has been investigating the fire behavior of facade greening since 2015. In the meantime,...

Urban Mining Technical Soils for Biotope Cities

Pia Minixhofer, Bernhard Scharf, Sebastian Hafner, Thomas Romm Growing cities In the coming years, more and more people will live and work in cities (UN 2018). The accompanying need for more housing and infrastructure is causing construction activity to increase....

Michael Sorkin 1948-2020

On March 26, 2020, architect and publicist Michael Sorkin died after being infected with the corona virus. Sorkin was a warm advocate of “green urbanism”.

Amsterdam City Hall roof planted

Amsterdam City Hall roof planted Leora Rosner Due to the tenacity of one person a seed was planted and nurtured until it grew and began to blossom. The story of planting the roof of the City Hall of Amsterdam (the Stopera) began in April of 2007 when a letter was sent...