To cover cities with Green!
WHO WE ARE
GENESIS is a research project promoted by Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior de Agronomia and University of Aveiro.
The project is funded by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, project PTDC/GESURB/29444/2017.
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
GENESIS is a research project promoted by Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior de Agronomia and University of Aveiro.
The project is funded by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, project PTDC/GESURB/29444/2017.
GENESIS is a research project promoted by Instituto Superior Técnico, Instituto Superior de Agronomia and University of Aveiro.
The project is funded by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, project PTDC/GESURB/29444/2017.
OBJECTIVES
To support decision makers to make robust and informed decisions regarding the real economic value of green roofs/walls solutions.
Additionally, to help design effective incentive mechanisms able to significantly leverage the large-scale develpment of such systems.
STRATEGY
To enhance cost-benefit analysis of green roofs and green walls and develop a comprehensive and systematic model for balancing environmental, economic and social benefits of green roofs and walls with the underlying extra costs, in a life cycle perspective.
Recent Publications
- Published: Liberalesso, T., Júnior, R. M., Cruz, C.O., Silva, C.M., Manso, M. Users´parception of green roofs and green walls: an analysis of youth hostels in Lisbon, Portugal. Sustainability, 2020,12(23), 10136. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310136
- Published: Manso, M., Teotónio, I., Silva, C.M., Cruz, C.O. Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 135, 110111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110111
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Workshop
Integração de coberturas e paredes verdes no espaço urbano
January 20, 2021
Project GENESIS online conference with the presence of researchers, councils, green roofs and green walls portuguese companies/installers and the ANCV.
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