To ensure that significantly more houses in Hamburg are greened with plants on roofs and facades, the environmental authority is making €500,000 in funding available from 1 June. A maximum of € 100,000 and up to 40 % of the costs, applicants can receive in future in grants. Applications can be made from construction costs of €1,000. Funding will be provided for ground and wall-based greening of new and existing buildings, preparatory work, climbing aids, plants, planting measures, irrigation systems, completion maintenance and the ancillary costs for professional planning and supervision.
The new façade greening grant programme complements the 'On the roofs - ready - green!' initiative, which has been in place since 2015 and with which Hamburg has been advertising and promoting comprehensive greening of roof surfaces for some time. The greening of facades and roofs are an important pillar in Hamburg's climate change adaptation strategy. Summer temperatures can be alleviated by green facades and the humidity in the populated area can be increased.
Link
www.hamburg.de/...foerderung-gruener-fassaden
Green walls" handbook of the Hamburg environmental authority
In addition to the funding programme, the Environment Agency has published the "Green Walls Handbook", which provides support for the realisation of planned projects.
www.hamburg.de/gruendach
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