Acronym: TOP SEC

Title: Ecological green roofs bringing nature back to cities through metropolitan circularity and community engagement.

Description: TOP SEC seeks to strengthen urban resilience through the use of versatile Nature-Based Solutions tailored to local conditions and urban challenges. This involves designing a self-sustaining ecological green roof with no need for irrigation, minimizing environmental impact, and maximizing ecological performance, all while optimizing resource usage and investment. Additionally, we will create a local substrate alternative (Km 0) using biochar produced from municipal organic waste sludge and other sustainable local materials to further enhance vegetation growth conditions and introduce a new commercial substrate option in the region. The successful implementation of the project will rely on co-creation and awareness-raising activities fostering key stakeholder participation and will be designed to be scalable and transferrable to other similar territories.

Partners: Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Municipality of Cornellà, Institute of Construction Technology of Catalonia, Cyclical space-community-ecology, University of Lleida, Metropolitan Institute for the Promotion and Management of Real Estate (IMPSOL), INGELIA, Bruc Jardí SL and SPANISH GREEN ROOF ASSOCIATION

Funding Programme: European Urban Initiative EUI02-090

Duration: 1/12/2024 – 31/5/2028

Budget: 3.676.724,80€

Web: https://www.urban-initiative.eu/ia-cities/barcelona/home