In Utrecht, bus stops were covered with plants to help bees, cool and improve air quality.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himIn the Dutch city of Utrecht le shelters buses were covered with plants to attract bees, clean the air of fine dust and cool the city in the summer months.
The Municipality also offers incentives for anyone who wants to plant the roof of their home.
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Canopies covered with plants to help the bees
A Utrecht, in the Netherlands, i roofs of the shelters buses were covered with plants and flowers.
The project involved 316 bus stops and has the goal of attract bees and bumblebees, but also to improve air quality and lower the temperature.
I green roofs some shelters, in fact, offer precious nectar for bees, hornets and other pollinators and help to counteract the decrease of these useful and precious insects, promoting biodiversity.
In addition, the plants placed on the shelters capture fine dust emitted by vehicles and efficiently store rainwater, cleaning and freshening the air.
The roofs of the canopies are mostly covered with succulent plant of the genus Sedum that require little maintenance, entrusted to bus drivers.
Electric buses to improve air quality
Besides cover the canopies with plants, to improve air quality Utrecht has decided to gradually replace diesel buses with electric vehicles, powered by the energy produced by Dutch windmills.
To date they are already ten electric buses were introduced and by 2028 all public transport will be carbon neutral.
To decrease pollution, they are also offered prizes to drivers who drive in an environmentally friendly way.
Incentives for those who make their roof green
The administration of Utrecht offers incentives for citizens who intend to plant the roof of their homes or who want to install solar panels on the roofs of their houses.
As you can read on the Municipality website:
A green roof is good for a healthy and liveable city, which can therefore better deal with climate problems.
Green roofs help prevent flooding and allow you to suffer less from the heat.
A good time to install a green roof is when the old roof covering is worn out or when asbestos roofs need to be remediated.
On the roof you can combine plants e solar panels: the latter seem to work better and last a long time if installed on roofs where there is vegetation.
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