Falcão’s School Interpretive Visits Programme highlights Innovative and Sustainable Solutions

Another of the interpretative visits to the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) of the Falcão Basic School, marked by innovation and sustainability, took place in the framework of the exhibitions organised by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project in the pilot buildings in which it has implemented these NBS. On this occasion, the visits were open to all interested parties. … Read more

The NBS of the Falcão School serve as an example for technicians and environmental managers in the Oporto area

This Thursday, a total of 30 politicians and technicians from municipalities and municipal companies, as well as members of the Municipal Council of Environment, participated in two sessions of demonstrative workshops with the aim of presenting the Nature-Based Solutions installed by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project at the Falcão Primary School, in Oporto. The project includes 700 … Read more

IETcc-CSIC researchers study the effect of green roofs installed in Porto on thermal comfort

Today, researchers from the “Building Systems and Habitability” group of the Eduardo Torroja-CSIC Institute installed sensors and instrumentation to measure the impact of the green roofs implemented in the pilot school in the municipality of Porto in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The results will complete the studies already carried out previously at the … Read more

Children at Falcão Primary School (Porto) learn about roof gardens

From 21 to 25 September, several exhibitions were held at the EB1 School in Falcão with 156 pupils from the school’s seven classes (pre-school to 4th grade) with the aim of exploring with the children the green roofs and photovoltaic panels installed as part of the refurbishment and extension works of the school within the … Read more

The final LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN Congress in Madrid brings together professionals working with Nature-Based Solutions for improving climate comfort in cities.

From 19 to 21 September 2023, the final congress of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project took place in the facilities of the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) in Madrid. During the three days, more than 100 professionals from Spain and Portugal from academic, research, local, regional, national and European administrations, companies developing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and civil society … Read more

Monitoring of Nature-Based Solutions at Falcão school, Porto

During the morning of 13 September 2023, members of the CARTIF Technology Centre carried out the monitoring of noise reduction, indoor air quality, indoor temperature and envelope temperature indicators of the pilot building in Porto where the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project implemented a series of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). This sampling served to assess the impact of these … Read more

The school community invited to discover the “green solutions” of Falcão Elementary School

Last week, Falcão Elementary School hosted the first in a series of interpretive visits to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) installed as part of the school’s redevelopment and expansion interventions, which stand out for their innovation and sustainability. The initiative is aimed at the educational community and local residents. Participants, including 29 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff … Read more

The English version of the online course “Nature-based solutions: the case of LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN” is now available

We inform about the recent publication of the English version of the online training “Nature-based solutions: the case of LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN”, part of the sub-action E2.2 of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. This training, which will be open to all audiences and has an estimated duration of about 4 hours, is available at THIS LINK. We remain at … Read more