Installation of the green roof at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment of the University of Catania with the program “Green Infrastructures to mitigate FLood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to Improve the quality of rainwater Discharges – GIFLUID” INTERREG V-A ITALIA-MALTA 2014-2020. Collaboration between the Hydraulic and Land Section Team of the Di3A of Catania with external technicians and professionals: laborArch, CSEI Catania, EWA, Sicilian Region, Municipality of Aci Castello, Municipality of Rabat, and many others.
Installation of the green roof at the Ghajn National Water Conservation Awareness Centre in Rabat, Malta, with the program “Green Infrastructures to mitigate FLood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to Improve the quality of rainwater Discharges – GIFLUID” INTERREG V-A ITALIA-MALTA 2014-2020. Collaboration between the Hydraulic and Land Section Team of the Di3A of Catania with external technicians and professionals: laborArch, CSEI Catania, EWA, Sicilian Region, Municipality of Aci Castello, Municipality of Rabat, and many others.
Construction of infrastructural works for the mitigation of hydraulic risk, Municipality of Aci Castello, Metropolitan City of Catania, with the program “Green Infrastructures to mitigate FLood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to Improve the quality of rainwater Discharges – GIFLUID” INTERREG V-A ITALIA-MALTA 2014-2020. Collaboration between the Hydraulic and Land Section Team of the Di3A of Catania with external technicians and professionals: laborArch, CSEI Catania, EWA, Sicilian Region, Municipality of Aci Castello, Municipality of Rabat, and many others.
Creation of co-design workshops: GREEN LAB between Catania and Malta. Designing nature-based solutions for the mitigation of hydraulic risk in urban and sub-urban areas, with the program “Green Infrastructures to mitigate FLood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to Improve the quality of rainwater Discharges – GIFLUID” INTERREG V-A ITALIA-MALTA 2014-2020. Collaboration between the Hydraulic and Land Section Team of the Di3A of Catania with external technicians and professionals: laborArch, CSEI Catania, EWA, Sicilian Region, Municipality of Aci Castello, Municipality of Rabat, and many others.
Final conference in Aci Castello and at Di3A and ribbon cutting of the green roof at Di3A with the program “Green Infrastructures to mitigate FLood risks in Urban and sub-urban areas and to Improve the quality of rainwater Discharges – GIFLUID” INTERREG V-A ITALIA-MALTA 2014-2020. Collaboration between the Hydraulic and Land Section Team of the Di3A of Catania with external technicians and professionals: laborArch, CSEI Catania, EWA, Sicilian Region, Municipality of Aci Castello, Municipality of Rabat, and many others.
An area of approximately 900 m² that was previously unused has been transformed into a semi-intensive green roof, designed as a true open-air laboratory. Three different technological solutions are compared within it: the commercial Green Safe system, drainage modules, and an experimental technology. The system hosts over 1,500 plants, including herbaceous and shrub species, for a total of 56 different species, playing a key role in the regulation of stormwater runoff. Data collected over more than two years of monitoring show a reduction in runoff volumes of between 30% and 60%, with a delayed and gradual water release of up to 21 hours after a rainfall event. These effects are complemented by thermal benefits, an increase in urban biodiversity, and support for pollinating insects.
