Last updated: October 2021
The first shopping center in Romania which has a green roof installed aiming at increasing environmental awareness among its consumers but also including a green space in an area surrounded by building blocks. (1)
Lidl City Shopping Center Green Roof (2018)
ODU Green Roof (www.odu.ro), retrieved 08/17/2018 from Kolcsár Zoltán Zsolt
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Nature on buildings (external)
- Green roofs
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Air quality improvement
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable consumption
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
1. To reduce heating during summer and to heat the building during winter (1);
2. To reduce pollution and to absorb dust and CO2, producing oxygen (2);
3. Naturally filters the pluvial water due to the multiple layers, and considerably reduces the amount of water discharged into sewer systems (2);
4. To use Sedum as a material since Sedum is ideal roofing material because it can withstand many harsh conditions including drought, heat, frost, snow, sea, winds (3).
Implementation activities
The roof was installed in 9 days not in the best conditions since this is a very crowded neighborhood (3)
Main beneficiaries
- Private sector/Corporate/Company
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Private sector/corporate actor/company
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The installation of the green roof was a decision taken by the management of the Lidl Shopping Center which in 2016 opened its 201 shop in Romania and the 24th in Bucharest. The idea was to create a oasis of green in a grey building zone (1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
... a national policy or strategy?
No
... a local policy or strategy?
No
(Based on email correspondence: the building permit was conditioned to keeping the maximum area green (before LIDL has erected this building there was a small park and an ugly old industrial building). In this way, the developer could respect the maximum POT of the plot (Procent de Ocupare Totala-Percentage of total land occupation) because 30%-50% of the green roofs could be used in the calculation of free green area kept on ground level)
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Corporate investment
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
No
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Magazinul Progresiv (2016), "Primul magazin Lidl cu acoperiș verde, deschis în Capitală", Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
2. IAA Romania (2016), "Lidl inaugurează primul magazin construit pe structura demisol şi parter, cu acoperiş verde", (Website not available in 2020)
3. Odu Green Roof (2016), Acoperis verde extensiv - Magazinul Lidl Pantelimon, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
4. Odu Green Roof (2016) ACOPERIS VERDE BIODIVERS CASTELUL DE LUT PORUMBACU (Green Roof, Clay Castle, Porumbacu, Sibiu), Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
5. Odu Green Roof (2016), Centrul de Agrement Trotus cu acoperis ultrusor (Leisure Center Trotus and its green roof), Comanesti, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
6. Lidl (2019), Lidl inaugurează în București magazinul cu numărul 250 din rețea și al 8-lea din portofoliu cu acoperiș verde, Available at Source link, (Accessed 16-8-2020)
2. IAA Romania (2016), "Lidl inaugurează primul magazin construit pe structura demisol şi parter, cu acoperiş verde", (Website not available in 2020)
3. Odu Green Roof (2016), Acoperis verde extensiv - Magazinul Lidl Pantelimon, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
4. Odu Green Roof (2016) ACOPERIS VERDE BIODIVERS CASTELUL DE LUT PORUMBACU (Green Roof, Clay Castle, Porumbacu, Sibiu), Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
5. Odu Green Roof (2016), Centrul de Agrement Trotus cu acoperis ultrusor (Leisure Center Trotus and its green roof), Comanesti, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
6. Lidl (2019), Lidl inaugurează în București magazinul cu numărul 250 din rețea și al 8-lea din portofoliu cu acoperiș verde, Available at Source link, (Accessed 16-8-2020)
Lidl City Shopping Center Green Roof (2018)
ODU Green Roof (www.odu.ro), retrieved 08/17/2018 from Kolcsár Zoltán Zsolt
Lidl City Shopping Center Green Roof (2018)
ODU Green Roof (www.odu.ro), retrieved 08/17/2018 from Kolcsár Zoltán Zsolt