You are invited to attend the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023 in Berlin and Online: 27 – 29 June 2023!

The World Congress on Green Buildings 2023 will be a three-day event in five parallel sessions on all aspects of green buildings (roof, façade and interior greening) with the associated topics (including urban climate, rainwater management, sustainability, city of the future).

You’ll enjoy two days of congress plus one day of excursions. Most of the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023 program has been finalized and the first draft is now available online. Watch the Trailer video below:

Organized by the German Association of Building Greening Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V. (BuGG), the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023 has the support of international and national partners such as the World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN) and the European Federation of Green Roofs & Walls (EFB, Europäische Föderation der Bauwerksbegrünungsverbände e.V.).

BuGG operates both as a professional organization and advocacy group for companies, communities, universities, organizations and all parties interested in building greening (green roofs, green walls and interior greening).

Over 100 Presenters at the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023

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Presentations will be in German or English, with simultaneous translation provided for all lectures. The largest congress on green buildings ever held in Europe offers, among other things:

Imparting knowledge on greening buildings, demonstration of best practice examples, knowledge transfer by experts from the sector from home and abroad in parallel series of lectures and discussion rounds, networking opportunities, and cross-thematic exchange of experience between city representatives, architects, urban planners, urban water management experts, industry and real estate representatives, manufacturers, processors, researchers, associations, politicians and other interested parties. And, 29 countries will be represented.

Information from various countries on greening buildings, including the Bosco Verticale Milan – presented in over 100 lectures. Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

Keynotes

With opening greetings from the Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Klara Geywitz, and the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Silke Karcher, (Berlin Senate Department for the Environment, Urban Mobility, Consumer Protection and Climate Action), you’ll also hear keynote speeches from the German architect Christoph Ingenhoven (who has set marks with the KöBogen 2 and Calwer Passage buildings, among others) and the world famous French botanist Patrick Blanc.

In his keynote lecture, architect Christoph Ingenhoven will discuss his well-known buildings KöBogen 2 and Calwer Passage (pictured). Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

Patrick Blanc. Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

WOHA Architects will report online from Singapore on their projects (here the Parkroyal Hotel). Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

Speaker Topics

Lectures on various key topics will include:

• City strategies (City dialogue, subsidies, water- and climate sensitive urban development, urban resilience and cities of the future)
• Sustainability (Ecological concepts, sustainability in city development, economic and social points of view)
• Health (Climate adaption, quality of life, air quality (fine dust and nitrogen oxide)
• Market (Data, facts and figures, potential analysis and Green Roof Index)
• Politics (Attitude of politics regarding Building Greening in Germany, Europe and the world)
• City strategies (City dialogue, subsidies, water- and climate sensitive urban development, urban resilience and cities of the future)
• Rain water management (Blue-green infrastructure, flood precaution and retention roofs)
• Built examples (Best practices in green architecture, industrial and residential, high-rise greening, urban farming)
• Technology (Basics, high tech solutions, innovation and monitoring)
• Politics (Attitude of politics regarding Building Greening in Germany, Europe and the world)

The main topics will include climate adaptation strategies, sustainable building, rainwater management, biodiversity, urban strategies for greening buildings, architectural and practical examples. Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

The topic of indoor greening will also be addressed at the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023, above and below: Here you can see the XXL interior greening of Jewel Airport in Singapore. Images: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

See the complete World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023 lecture program on June 27th 2023 and June 28th 2023: Congress Program PDF.

Over 50 Trade Exhibits

The congress plus the accompanying exhibition with over 50 exhibitors make the World Congress on Green Infrastructure unique. Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

Excursions in Berlin with Expert Guidance

WGIC 2023 Excursions. Image: Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V.

On the third day of the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023, 29 June, you can choose:

Excursion 1: Green roofs
Excursion 2: Green walls / living walls
Excursion 3: Green indoor areas
Excursion 4: Green buildings (Green roofs, walls and indoor areas)

Food and drinks for lunch are included.

Sponsors

Deadlines

Call for Posters: April 15, 2023 – learn more.

Normal Rate: May 26, 2023 – register now.

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Learn More & Register

Secure your participation! We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin this June at the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023!

~ Dr. Gunter Mann

Image: Norbert Meise via visitBerlin.de

Publisher’s Note: Greenroofs.com is pleased once again to be a Media Partner for the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2023 in Berlin. Aramis and I will be attending and we’d love to see you! Please come to Linda’s presentation “2023 Top 10 List of Hot Resilient Trends in Greenroof & Greenwall Design” on the second day, Wednesday, June 28 at 11:30am in the Hall of Events.

Author/Contact:

Dr. Gunter Mann, Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e. V. (BuGG) President
Albrechtstraße 13
10117 Berlin
Telefone: +49 30 / 40 05 41 02
Telefax: +49 681 / 98 80 572
Email: info@bugg.de
Website: www.gebaeudegruen.info