Göteborg, Göteborg (FUA), Sweden
City population: 939291
Duration: 2015 – 2015
Implementation status: Completed
Scale: Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Project area: 60 m2
Type of area: Building
Last updated: October 2021

Sweden's largest real estate company, Vasakronan, tests its first green outdoor facade at Kyrkogatan in Göteborg. The project was implemented with aim of improving the local climate and contributing to a more sustainable and resilient city. (Ref. 1)

Green facade Vasakronan
Green facade Vasakronan
Photograph provided on the 03/12/2018

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Nature on buildings (external)
  • Green walls or facades

Key challenges

  • Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
  • Green space creation and/or management
  • Environmental quality
  • Air quality improvement
  • Noise reduction
  • Regeneration, land-use and urban development
  • Regulation of built environment
  • Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development

Focus

Creation of new green areas

Project objectives

The intervention aimed, 1. to create the company's first green building-outdoor green space, 2. invest into sustainability, 3. create an aesthetically pleasing view for the users and visitors and 4. to strengthen urban ecosystem. (Ref. 1, 2)

Implementation activities

Created 60 square meters vertical, urban greenery on a building on the Kyrkogatan in Göteborg. (Ref. 1)

Main beneficiaries

  • Local government/Municipality
  • Private sector/Corporate/Company
  • Other

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 real estate company 'Vasakronan'. (Ref. 1)

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? No
... a national policy or strategy? Unknown (It is mentioned in the company's sustainability report that, as Sweden's largest property owner, Vasakronan has a major responsibility to work for sustainable development and reduced climate impact. (Ref. 3))
... a local policy or strategy? No

Financing

Total cost

Unknown

Source(s) of funding

  • Corporate investment

Type of funding

  • Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)

Non-financial contribution

Unknown

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Environmental quality
  • Improved air quality
  • Reduced noise exposure
  • Water management and blue areas
  • Improved water quality
  • Improved stormwater management
  • Green space and habitat
  • Reduced biodiversity loss
  • Increased number of species present
  • Enhanced support of pollination

Economic impacts

  • Unknown

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Social justice and cohesion
  • Improved liveability
  • Other

Type of reported impacts

Achieved impacts

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

Ref. 1. Vasakronan (2015) Helt uppåt väggarna? Framtidens arbetsplatser. Vasakronan AB. Retrieved from Source link on 13th November, 2020.
Ref. 2. ISSUU (2015) Helt uppåt väggarna? Lokalpressen, Innerstaden, november 24, 2015. Retrieved from Source link on 13th November, 2020.
Ref. 3. Vasakronan (2011) Hållbart. Vasakronans hållbarhetsredovisning 2011. Retrieved from Source link on 13th November, 2020.
Ref. 4. Block, J (2016) Nordiska växtväggar med fokus på konstruktion och bevattning (Nordic Green Walls with focus on construction and irrigation). Swedish University of agricultural sciences. Alnarp. Retrieved from Source link on 13th November, 2020.
Ref. 5. Vasakronan (2016) Trädgårdsdags på Drottninggatan. Levande cityhandel. Vasakronan AB. Retrieved from Source link on 13th November, 2020.