Prof. David Pearlmutter
Desert architecture, Blaustein Institute, Ben Gurion University.
Collaboration
Axios Axios Social Investments is a company that promotes personal and financial responsibility along with environmental responsibility and sustainability and Israeli entrepreneurship. Axios works inside Israeli society with a bottom-up approach to empower the public with financial knowledge, especially young adults and young families, with the understanding that it’s wiser and more effective to teach […]
Publications
Edited Compendium: Blaustein, L., Kadas, GJ., Gurevitch, J. (editors). 2016. Integrating ecology into green roof research. Taylor & Francis, Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 62:1-6 https://brill.com/view/journals/ijee/62/1-2/article-p1_1.xml Peer-Reviewed Articles: Schindler, B.Y., Griffith, A.B. and Jones, K.N., 2011. Factors influencing arthropod diversity on green roofs. Cities and the Environment (CATE), 4(1), p.5 https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol4/iss1/5/ Blank, L., Vasl, A., Levy, S., Grant, G. […]
גגות ירוקים מחזון למציאות
גגות ירוקים מחזון למציאות היבטים חקלאיים, אקולוגיים, סביבתיים וחינוכיים הנכם מוזמנים לכנס הרביעי בנושא “גגות ירוקים” אשר יתקיים ביום חמישי – 30 באפריל 2015, י”א אייר תשע”ה באודיטוריום ספדיה, הבניין הרב תכליתי, אוניברסיטת חיפה בין השעות 16:00-08:30 תכנית הכנס 08:30 – התכנסות והרשמה מושב א’ – התכנות גגות ירוקים – יו”ר – […]
מהתקשורת – עברית
מהתקשורת – עברית עיריית חיפה השיקה גג חקלאי בבניין המרכז לשירות לתושב, ניוז חיפה-קריות נט, 3.9.2020https://newshaifakrayot.net/?p=187875 גג בניין העיריה יהפוך ל”גג ירוק”, ידיעות חיפה 12.6.2020, עמוד 24 למה משתלם להקים גינה על הגג שלכם הירוק היום – ירוק מאוד הגגות ירוקים – האקלים ישראליhttp://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/246326מחזירים את הטבע לעיר: הכירו את תופעת “הגגות החיים”http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000880678באוניברסיטה נחנך […]
Media – English
Israel’s 1st ‘Green Roof’ research center openshttp://www.jpost.com/Enviro-Tech/Israels-1st-Green-Roof-research-center-opensGoing Greenhttp://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=6092Turning Israeli roofs into green habitatshttp://israel21c.org/environment/turning-israeli-roofs-into-green-habitats/Haifa University Builds Middle East’s First Green Roofhttp://unitedwithisrael.org/haifa-university-builds-middle-easts-first-green-roof/ Israel’s 1st ‘Green Roof’ research center opens in Haifa, uses grey waterhttp://itrade.gov.il/canada/israels-1st-green-roof-research-center-opens-in-haifa-uses-grey-water/Israel’s First “Green Roofs” Ecology Research Center Founded at University of Haifahttp://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012/11/09/israels-first-green-roofs-ecology-research-center-founded-at-university-of-haifa/#.Um4xKnC8DwUIsrael’s first Green Roofs Ecology Centerhttp://embassies.gov.il/bucharest/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Green-roofs-22-May-2013.aspxFirst Green Roofs Ecology Research Center in Israelhttp://eponline.com/articles/2012/11/08/first-green-roofs-ecology-research-center-in-israel.aspxTurning Israeli […]
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Research
Research at the Center. In the center we study how factors such as substrate type and depth, topographic heterogeneity, plant diversity and identity, gray water irrigation, nutrient regimes and canopy cover of photovoltaic panels interact to affect plant and animal communities, as well as other factors such as drainage and electrical production efficiency of photovoltaic […]
Welcome
{loadposition nivo} What are green roofs? Green roofs or living roofs, i.e. roofs that contain growing substrate and vegetation, can mitigate many of the negative environmental impacts that urban environments create. “Green” services that they provide may include: thermal insulation for buildings which decreases energy use for heating and cooling; mitigation of the heat island […]
Prof. Moshe Inbar
Insect ecology, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa.