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Sustainable and climate-friendly urban development<\/strong><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

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At Green City Solutions, we work to create more liveable, greener, and more sustainable urban spaces. Our bio-digital innovations help improve air quality and the urban microclimate, among other benefits.<\/p>\n

Real change also requires collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. That is why we are proud to be a partner of the Funktionsfassade innovation network<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, which \u2014 like us \u2014 builds on the “innovative potential in the field of climate-resilient urban development”<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Image: Funktionsfassade on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cFuture technologies for sustainable building envelopes\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Under the slogan “Future technologies for sustainable building envelopes”<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the Funktionsfassade network<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>brings together leading players from companies, investors, and scientific institutions<\/a>. With 36 network partners, 9 associated partners, and 7 international partners<\/a>, it is a strong community working together on the challenges of the urban future and on developing and implementing forward-looking solutions for building envelopes.The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>supports this network as part of the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>, a nationwide funding programme that is open to all technologies and sectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Funktionsfassade at the ZIM Network Annual Conference 2025<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This year\u2019s ZIM Network Annual Conference<\/strong><\/a>, hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), took place in late November under the slogan “Innovation and Standardisation: Establishing Future Technologies in Markets with ZIM Innovation Networks”<\/strong><\/a> at the Forum Digitale Technologien (FDT) of the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Instituts (HHI)<\/em> <\/strong> <\/a> in Berlin. At the event, six selected ZIM innovation networks \u2014 including their specific R&D projects\u2014<\/a> the opportunity to present themselves and their “successful results”<\/a>. Because they provide “impulses and are key innovation drivers for Germany\u2019s SME sector”<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Photo: Funktionsfassade on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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“We are delighted that Funktionsfassade is represented at this year\u2019s ZIM Network Annual Conference, organised on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy by the project management agency VDI\/VDE-IT\u201c<\/a>, the network wrote on LinkedIn. This made it possible “o present the focus and vision of our network, our ongoing and planned cooperation projects, and the committed partners who are working together on the next generation of multifunctional and sustainable facade technologies”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are therefore all the more pleased that Green City Solutions, as an active partner of the Funktionsfassade innovation network, was also represented at the ZIM Network Annual Conference 2025. For us, it was the ideal opportunity to show how our bio-digital solutions can help improve air quality and the urban microclimate, while also enhancing urban spaces.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of “taking the opportunity to exchange ideas, identify synergies, and engage in dialogue with multipliers from business, academia, and politics”<\/a>, a special highlight was the visit of Gitta Connemann<\/em><\/strong> <\/a> \u2014 Member of German Bundestag, Federal Chair of the SME and Economic Union (MIT)<\/a> and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs \u2014 to the Funktionsfassade booth. As Funktionsfassade<\/em> <\/strong> <\/a> summarised on LinkedIn: “Many thanks to Gitta Connemann, Member of the Bundestag, and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, for visiting and for her interest in our booth at the ZIM Network Annual Conference 2025”.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>