1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Encourage private and commercial house owners, builders, housing companies, tenants and landlords to take action with greening their facades on private property (1);
2. Increase public awareness about the multiple benefits that green facades deliver apart from aesthetic functions (1);
3. Improve general living conditions, carbon sequestration, urban health, urban microclimate, combat particulate matter pollution (3, 8);
4. Increase urban biodiversity by creating food sources for bees, ladybirds and bumblebees (7);
5. Increase habitats for spiders, insects and small animals that keep away small animals unwanted in the house (8);
6. Generate economic savings for tenants based on reduced heating fees due to improved insulation and reduced maintenance costs for facades that are protected from the plants (8).
2. Increase public awareness about the multiple benefits that green facades deliver apart from aesthetic functions (1);
3. Improve general living conditions, carbon sequestration, urban health, urban microclimate, combat particulate matter pollution (3, 8);
4. Increase urban biodiversity by creating food sources for bees, ladybirds and bumblebees (7);
5. Increase habitats for spiders, insects and small animals that keep away small animals unwanted in the house (8);
6. Generate economic savings for tenants based on reduced heating fees due to improved insulation and reduced maintenance costs for facades that are protected from the plants (8).
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Number of participants in the programme per year, number of seeds sent out / given out (7).
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The programme "Kletterfix" was implemented in 2015 and is administered by the charitable organization Ökolöwe and the Office for Urban Greenery and Waters of the City of Leipzig:
- Employees of Ökolöwe offer guided tours in Leipzig to showcase best practice examples of greened facades that have been implemented so far in the framework of the programme and thereby promote future action on behalf of citizens.
- Application of intensive direct PR measures to promote participation in the programme.
- Provide 2,000 seed packages each year to be sent out to tenants or landlords wanting to green their facades.
- Upon tenants' or house owners' online application, they receive professional advice by one of the employees of the Ökolöwe concerning the selection of the plants best suited to the local conditions and further maintenance.
- The association and the city department also help with the implementation (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
- Employees of Ökolöwe offer guided tours in Leipzig to showcase best practice examples of greened facades that have been implemented so far in the framework of the programme and thereby promote future action on behalf of citizens.
- Application of intensive direct PR measures to promote participation in the programme.
- Provide 2,000 seed packages each year to be sent out to tenants or landlords wanting to green their facades.
- Upon tenants' or house owners' online application, they receive professional advice by one of the employees of the Ökolöwe concerning the selection of the plants best suited to the local conditions and further maintenance.
- The association and the city department also help with the implementation (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The programme has existed before under a different term but with the same objective and content (Ref. 6).
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
6. Evaluation and learning
7. Sources
Please specify other source of non-financial contribution
ÖkoLöwen non-governmental organisation (1)
