The COL3NATUR 2026 International Week: Architecture, Nature and Industrialisation for resilient educational environments is an EU Green Week partner event, held at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) from 23 to 25 June 2026 and at the Grand Salon of the Ville de Bayonne (Bayonne, France) on 26 June.

On 25 June 2026, within the exchange session ‘COL3NATUR + European Projects’, moderated by Ainhoa Arriazu-Ramos (University of Navarra), Miguel Vega (Royal Botanic Garden, RJB-CSIC) took part as a speaker with the talk ‘Climate adaptation in schools through Nature-based Solutions: results, limits and lessons learned from LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN’.

During his presentation, Miguel Vega set out the main results of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, which has implemented Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in educational buildings in Spain and Portugal (Solana de los Barros, Porto and Évora). He presented the reductions achieved in the surface temperature of roofs and facades, the decrease in rainwater run-off and the notable increase in biodiversity, as well as the limits of the approach —the heat problem is not fully eliminated with the current plant growth, although peaks are buffered— and the lessons learned regarding the ecological maintenance of these solutions.

The session brought together several European projects on the renaturalisation of schoolyards and educational environments —such as COOLSCHOOLS, RE-ACT SCHOOL or the national Patios x Clima network— to exchange experiences and good practices for future replications. To close, Miguel Vega shared five good practices for transferring the lessons of LIFE-mBiG to other projects: a complete technical diagnosis, prioritising simple solutions, designing maintenance from the outset, training local teams, and maintaining long-term monitoring.

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