📋 Tender Overview
Start Date: 01/09/2023
End Date: 31/10/2028
Total Eligible Budget: 2,964,847 €
EU Contribution: 1,778,908 €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
Risks of extreme weather events such as urban heat waves in Almada will be a major problem and need to be tackled through cost-effective and multifunctional adaptation measures with high replication potential in the medium-term. With such aims, COOLIFEALMADA aims to increase the adaptation capacity to endure heat waves, through the implementation of best practices and innovative solutions that will deliver an overall reduction in air temperature in key urban public areas of up to 3ºC. The main solution to adopt is the creation of an urban green corridor (0.5 km) that will connect two existing urban parks and will create natural ventilation. The expansion of green area will will be done using nature-based solutions such as high-density vegetated areas, vegetated swales along the sidewalks, and a green cooling retention basin. Aside adaptation, these actions will provide support for urban biodiversity and stormwater management (Cool Soil). It is planned the adaptation of key buildings and grey infrastructure, through the installation of green roof and green facades, which will reinforce the green infrastructure, and the application of cool coatings to a flat roof (Cool Buildings). In complement, COOLIFEALMADA also aims to test an innovative practice by implementing a Geothermal Open-Air Passive Cooling Prototype for cooling the outdoors. Based on Provençal Wells this prototype is a passive energy technique that uses the energy differential between the underground and the surface to cool the air above during the summer.
