We will make it GREEN instead of GREY!
Team
We are an inter-disciplinary team of business and research representatives. Our aim is to promote green and living walls in all of Austria. A number of sectors and disciplines, such as landscape planning, forestry, cultural technology, corporate government, IT and cyber-security as well as engineering, give us our unique shape.
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Susanne Formanek
TECHNOLOGY_FUNDING_RESEARCH
My areas of expertise:
Sustainable and energy efficient buildings, construction biology and ecology, grants, forestry, innovation processes, surveys and assessments.
Additional roles and responsibilities:
President IBO (Austrian Institute for Healthy and Ecological Building), member of the Presidential Council of the Austrian Standards International (ASI)
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Thomas Szalay
INNOVATION_TECHNOLOGY_ECONOMY
My areas of expertise:
Corporate management and organisation, strategy development, analysis, definition and development of business fields and growth potentials, sustainability, circular economy, soil sealing
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Katharina Mauss
GREENING BUILDING PROJECTS_CONSULTING
My areas of expertise:
Landscape architecture and -planning, communication, green roofs and walls, project consultation, research
General secretary of the Austrian green roof and walls association VfB
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Irene Zluwa
VEGETATION (TECHNOLOGY)_SCIENCE_ART
My areas of expertise:
Greening of buildings, landscape architecture and planning, urban green-blue infrastructures, research, practical implementation, knowledge transfer, excursions
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Sara Telek
MEDIA_MARKETING_GREEN BUILDING
My areas of expertise:
Media, communications, public relations, green marketing, organisation & strategy
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Stefanie Pfattner
PROJECTS_BIODIVERSITY
My areas of expertise:
biodiversity, pollination biology, ecology, symbioses and mutualism
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Ines Otter
SPATIAL PLANNING_PROJECTS
My areas of expertise:
spatial planning, public space, empirical social science, urban planning, regional development
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Flora Fath
PROJECTS_NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
My areas of expertise:
horticulture, biodiversity
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Alexandra Mayr
ORGANISATION_ EDUCATION
My areas of expertise:
Office, accounting, events, renewable energy, environement
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Elisabeth Leitner
TECHNOLOGY_NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS_CONSTRUCTION
My areas of expertise:
smart buildings, smart cities, energy-efficient buildings, buidling physiscs, construction and building technology, urban developement
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Isabelle Haymerle
NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS_PROJECTS_CONSULTING
My areas of expertise:
Green-blue infrastructure, cultural engineering and water management, stormwater management, sustainable construction, sustainable urban development
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Elisabeth Weiss-Tessbach (prev. Gruchmann-Bernau)
EVENTS_PROJECTS_ECOLOGY
My areas of expertise:
standards, biodiversity, wild bees, solargreenroofs, landscape planning, network, events and development.
GREENING BUILDINGS ASSOCIATION
We are supported in a broad range of activities by our board:
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Gerold Steinbauer
BUSINESS_FINANCES_CONTROLLING
My areas of expertise:
Leak location and monitoring, permeable pavings, certification, quality assurance
Additional roles and responsibilities:
State-certified expert for greening buildings
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Christian Oberbichler
TECHNOLOGY_IMPLEMENTATION_KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
My areas of expertise:
Green roofs, green and living walls, building materials, material science, standard, certification, quality assurance
Additional roles and responsibilities:
Lecturer on greening buildings at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna