News -

Stuttgart wants to build a Plantagon Greenhouse in the city

The City of Stuttgart has signed Opening Rights with Plantagon for developing a Plantagon Greenhouse in the city, for vertical farming in urban areas.

The document was signed by Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, and Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle, during the Economist Conference "Future Cities - Creating tomorrow’s urban world" in Stockholm, October 18th 2011 - October 19th 2011.

The city of Barcelona has also signed Opening Rights with Plantagon during the Economist Conference. 

Please see more information about the Plantagon Greenhouse here.

Related links

Topics

  • Environment, Energy

Categories

  • umweltfreundlich
  • bio-gemüse
  • metropolregion
  • gewächshaus
  • stuttgart
  • sweco
  • plantagon
  • hans hassle
  • urban agri summit
  • greenhouse for urban agriculture

Contacts

Per Östling

Press contact Member of the Board +46707310988

Related media

Related content

Plantagon in final for SACC NY-Deloitte Green Award 2011

Plantagon is named as one of three finalists by Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York for its 2011 Green Award, to be presented to the winner by HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden at the Royal Gala Dinner on November 1.

Urban Agriculture - New offer in SymbioCity from Plantagon

Urban Agriculture has become a fast growing field for Swedish cleantech companies and is now launched as a new offer to the cities of the world through SymbioCity. Plantagon took the initiative to develop the new offer Urban Agriculture within SymbioCity, and the offer is delivered in cooperation with Plantagon's partners SWECO, SAAB, Combitech and Tekniska Verken.

Plantagon is a Finalist for the 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award

STOCKHOLM – May 13, 2011 – Plantagon International AB announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 Europe award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.

The high-rise buildings of the cities can offer a sustainable solution to urban food production

WASHINGTON D.C. November 16, 2011 — Through their greenhouses, Plantagon has made industrial urban agriculture both attractive and feasible. The unique helix-shaped greenhouse offers clean and sustainable food production in urban areas. Now a new generation of urban greenhouses is here, where the high-rise buildings of the cities can offer a sustainable solution to urban food production.

Mimer Energy AB signs cooperation agreement with Sweco and Plantagon

STOCKHOLM December 15, 2011 — An alliance of Swedish clean-tech companies has made Plantagon well known within the Urban Agriculture sector. Now the energy company Mimer Energy has reinforced the alliance as Mimer Energy has signed a cooperation agreement with Plantagon International through their partner company Sweco.

Barcelona wants to build a Plantagon Greenhouse in the city

The City of Barcelona has signed Opening Rights with Plantagon for developing a Plantagon Greenhouse in the city. The document was signed by Antoni Vives, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, and Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle, during the Economists Conference "Future Cities - Creating tomorrow’s urban world" in Stockholm, October 18th 2011 - October 19th 2011.

Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle at The Economist Conference "Future Cities" in Stockholm

Future Cities - Creating Tomorrow's World - is a major international conference exploring innovative new approaches to designing, managing and financing sustainable living environments. The conference held in Stockholm, October 18-19, featured leading authorities in urban planning, energy, architecture, etc. Hans Hassle, CEO of Plantagon, talked on "Beyond Tomorrow: Future feeding".

Plantagon nominated for Globe Award 2011

Plantagon has been nominated for the Globe Award Sustainability Innovation Award 2011. The Innovation Award − one of four categories of the Globe Award 2011 − is given for original innovations which successfully contribute to increased knowledge on sustainability.

Hans Hassle, CEO of Plantagon, speaks on "Feeding the city", in television seminar about Urban Agriculture

Hans Hassle, CEO of Plantagon, speaks on "Feeding the city", in the televised seminar about Urban Agriculture by The Swedish Educational Television, UR Samtiden. The title of today's seminar is "The city of our dreams: Farming in the city." Also participating: Jan de Wilt, Innovatie Netwerk; Stefan Jakobsson, Tekniska Verken in Norrköping and Jürgen Granstedt, Agroetanol.

The Swedish government’s clean-tech initiative offers to feed the cities of the world

Sweden launches a new offer to feed the cities of the world through SymbioCity, a network of Swedish companies and organizations within sustainable urban development, founded by the Swedish Government and Swedish Industry. The new offer Urban Agriculture, is a new way to cultivate food by building vertical greenhouses that reduce transport costs and emissions.

Related events

The Urban Agriculture Summit - How do we feed people in the urban era? Seminar at House of Sweden, Washington DC, on November 16

Event date 16 November 2011 12:00 – 16:00

Location House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington DC, USA

Enter your email address to follow Plantagon International

When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom, for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings.

To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts, which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow.

Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account.
Check your inbox

Email sent to __email__. Click the link there to follow Plantagon International.

Okay