We are very pleased to announce that member of Association of Municipalities Polish Network „Energie CItés” - city of Bielsko-Biala - by a resolution dated December 21, 2021. of the City Council adopted the ,,Green Roofs Program for the City of Bielsko-Biala", subsidizing the construction of green roofs and walls. Bielsko-Biala has been active in recent years in the GRAD project, which aimed to initiate bilateral exchanges and cooperation with experts in the creation of local strategies for the development of green roofs.

The aim of the GRAD project was to develop in 8 Polish cities: Bielsko-Biala, Bydgoszcz, Gdynia, Lublin, Kalisz, Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw model strategies for the development of green roofs using the experience of the city of Hamburg, which since April 2014 has had and is implementing its own strategy on stimulating the establishment of green roofs in the city.

The subsidy launched by the City of Bielsko-Biala is addressed to private investors and communities implementing green roofs both voluntarily and in connection with the legal requirements of local zoning plans or zoning decisions. More details about the subsidy can be found in a short informational video, in which Danuta Przybyło - head of the Bielsko-Biala Department of Environmental Protection and Energy - talks in more detail about the subsidy.

The promotion of green roofs will bring many benefits to the city, such as improving air quality, reducing the phenomenon of the urban heat island, lowering temperatures, increasing the attractiveness of urban space (especially in the city center) and increasing biodiversity. In addition, the green roof system will protect the facades of buildings and contribute to saving energy used for heating them.