COLOURFUL
WALLS
GREEN FAÇADES OF TECHNICAL
DEVELOPMENT BUILDINGS ON
PTÁCKÁ STREET DON BEAUTIFUL
AUTUMN COLOURS
Dobruška 16
Opočno 20
Kolowrat Forests
22,000
Kvasiny 28
Solnice 1,374
T
he Emission and Engine Centres compound is located a stone’s throw from
Mladá Boleslav Castle, which is why the
company strove to plant as much green
here as possible. Today, passers by can’t
‑
miss the walls covered in greenery. It has
been four years since the green façade of
the Engine Centre was created, and many
of the plants have reached the expected
height. The Emission Centre building is
newer, which is why the climbing plants
there are not yet fully grown. The greenery climbs the façade from the ground up,
while other plants are growing from the
roof down and meeting the fully grown
ones in the middle. There are about five
types of climbing plants on the buildings –
both evergreen and deciduous. The roofs
are decorated with various kinds of grass,
alpine plants and xerophilous plants, all of
which thrive in harsh conditions.
For both buildings, the carmaker decided to use plants that grow fast and do
not require constant care and watering.
The company tends to the greenery three
times a year by cutting out overgrown
leaves, starting irrigation in the spring
and winterising the whole system in the
autumn. Drip irrigation is controlled automatically through a sensor that is activated during dry spells.
Green roofs and façades have a positive impact on people’s mood and the environment. Moreover, in summer they retain rainwater, which cools the buildings.
EVA JAROŠOVÁ
Gardening tip
The fastest climbing plant in the
world is the Virginia creeper, or
Parthenocissus quinquefolia. It is
a flowering plant that belongs to
the grape family. In ideal conditions,
it can climb 30 metres, and thanks
to adhesive pads on the side of its
leaves, it easily creeps up smooth
façades. It blossoms between July
and September.
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ŠKODA MOBIL NOVEMBER 2018
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Lupenice 54
Záměl 25
FORESTED REGION
ŠKODA AUTO PLANTS NEARLY 24,000 TREES IN RYCHNOVSKO
T
he Kvasiny plant is located next to al- we have carried out in the Rychnov region.
most 24,000 young trees. The plants This spring, for instance, volunteers in Kvasiny
will grow into new forests and park- joined the ‘Clean the world, clean the Czech
ways, renew the damaged parts of the forest Republic’ project, as more than 200 particiand increase biodiversity.
pants collected over 7 tonnes of waste around
A s p a r t o f t h e Š KO DA
the plants in Mladá Boleslav
Trees project, the carmakand Kvasiny“, comments Jiří
Černý, the executive manager
er has planted new plants not
only in Kvasiny but also in the
of the Kvasiny plant.
YEARS OF
surrounding villages, includŠKODA Trees focuses mainTHE PROJECT
ing Solnice, Lupenice, Záměl,
ly on critical locations in the
Dobruška and Opočno. This
Krkonoše National Park, where
year, a wide scale of tree vari154,000 plants have helped to
TREES IN MORE THAN
renew the forests. In 2007, the
eties was planted, from elms
100 LOCATIONS
brand initiated the project as
and hornbeams to lime trees
a pledge to plant one tree for
and cherries. Most greenery in
the form of container plants was used to re- every car sold in the Czech Republic. Every
vive forests in the Orlické Mountains, which year, its funding scheme grants applicants
had been damaged by strong winds and are the financial resources to buy the correspondmaintained by Kolowratské lesy. With great ing number of plants. In this way, employees
help from volunteers, including employees, in- in all plants become actively involved not only
terns and students of the ŠKODA Vocational in planting but also in searching for suitable
School, the woods were expanded by adding locations. ŠKODA AUTO has opted for this
cooperation as a symbol of its Green Future
almost 22,000 new plants.
„The ŠKODA Trees project completes the strategy, which has forest and landscape culseries of ecologically focused CSR activities tivation as one of its pillars. RED
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820,000
Forests, parks, lanes
Solnice
Boosting forest biodiversity by planting elms
Planting cranes and hornbeams at
a children’s playground in Ještětice
Planting a lime‑tree lane
Lupenice
Creating parkways
Kvasiny
Renewing greenery in the village
(maple, ash tree, crane, lime tree, bird cherry)
Záměl
Cherry‑tree parkway planted along the cycling road
Dobruška
Recovery of the horn‑tree parkway at the local
stadium
Opočno
Cherry‑tree and lime‑tree parkway behind the
kindergarten
Kolowrat Forests
Renewing forests after natural disaster