Invitation for Cities to Nature 3 - Let’s Cool the City

After the success of Cities to Nature 1 (University of Twente) and Cities to Nature 2 (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)), we are proud to present Cities to nature 3: Let’s cool the city (Delft University of Technology). This year, we focus on business models, the need for data, and citizen science for more green roofs.

🌿 On April 24 2025 we welcome you at The Green Village in Delft. 🌿

📌 You can register here: https://lnkd.in/dJhUvfPN 📌


Why? Dutch cities are increasingly vulnerable to heat stress and energy stress. At the same time, theses cities’ roofs make up huge areas that can be covered with local plants and solar panels, offering advantages such as increased biodiversity, cooling, isolation, and energy generation. To generate solutions we organize a symposium on sustainable green roofs at the Green Village, the place to be for sustainable green innovations in the built environment.

What? In this one-day symposium we alternate plenary presentations with interactive workshops. We present the design of an experimental sustainable green roof that combines local plants (Dakbloemenweide), solar panels (SolarNRG), and circular principles (IKO) at The Green Village. This green roof also functions as a site for data collection in collaboration with Management & Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, University of Twente, and Delft University of Technology.

For whom? Citizens, policy makers, businesses, entrepreneurs, academics with an interest in green roofs are welcome to come and share their needs and motivations for green roofs.

 

Program

9:30 Coffee and tea

10:00 Welcome

10:10 Plenary session: Green roofs are good for us, people (Rooftop Revolution)

10:30 Plenary session: Green roofs are good for us, nature (Garden Design)

10:45 Interactive session: Brainstorming the benefits of green roofs (Roos Bunskoek)

11:15 Interactive session: Brainstorming the business of green roofs by filling out a business model canvas (Nick Lakenman)

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Experiential session: Walk around The Green Village (SolarNRG, Nophadrain, The Green Village)

14:00 Plenary session: Measuring Green Roofs (Dakbloemenweide, Groofer)

15:00 Experiential session: Citizen science for green roofs (Pulsaqua)

16:00 Drinks and closure

 

📌 You can register here: https://lnkd.in/dJhUvfPN 📌

 

Organisers:

Katinka Quintelier (VU)

Marina Bosman (Dakbloemenweide)

Sean Vrielink (UT)

Karel van den Berghe (TUD)

Elke van der Heijden (HvA)