Alain Bertschy
Alain Bertschy
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Projects
- Improving the living conditions of sweet chestnuts in urban areas: Outdoor trial at the Grüental campus / Team member / ongoing
- Development of Basel perennial substrate: Scientific biochar outdoor trial in Arlesheim / Team member / ongoing
- Sponge city pilot project Bern Schosshalden cemetery: Development of the storage substrate for root expansion / Team member / ongoing
- Site development Viererfeld/Mittelfeld Bern / Team member / completed
- Sponge City Winterthur - Zwinglistrasse infiltration channel / Team member / completed
- Structurally Stable Substrates for Sustainable Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management: A Field Trial with Urban Trees in Wädenswil / Team member / completed
- Effect on vitality of tree plantings with biochar-enriched substrate: Scientific outdoor trial in Arlesheim (BL) / Team member / completed
- Structural Stable Soils for Zurich / Team member / completed
Publications
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Grau, Maximilian; Horber, Helena; Bertschy, Alain; Trachsel Geissmann, Evelyn; Heinrich, Axel,
2025.
Operational experiences with a novel green wall system with integrated grey water treatment[paper].
In:
13th IEES International Conference "Closed Cycles and the Circular Society – The Power of Ecological Engineering", Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-18 July 2025.
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Grau, Maximilian; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Bertschy, Alain; Trachsel Geissmann, Evelyn; Heinrich, Axel; Hüppi, Patrick; Carl, Wilfried,
2025.
Development of a novel green wall system with integrated greywater treatment for on-site water reuse[paper].
In:
14th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation & Reuse, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-19 March 2025.
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Bertschy, Alain,
2025.
Der Klima-Garten : Lernen, Forschen und Handeln für eine resiliente Zukunft.
IUNR Magazin.
2025(2), pp. 8-9.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34674
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Bertschy, Alain; Heinrich, Axel; Stevanovic, Stefan; Tausendpfund, Doris; et al.,
2024.
Hall-like urban forests : sustainable concept for temporal brownfield transformations[poster].
In:
26th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), Zagreb, Croatia, 21-25 May 2024.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31455
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Bertschy, Alain,
2026.
In:
asphaltsuisse Fachtagung, Bern, Schweiz, 29.-30. Januar 2026.
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Bertschy, Alain,
2025.
Beispiele von Schwammstadt-Vegetationsbausteinen aus Schweizer Städten.
In:
8. bdla-Pflanzplaner:innen-Gespräche, Berlin, Deutschland, 12.-13. Juni 2025.
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Bertschy, Alain,
2024.
Pflanzenauswahl für klimaresiliente Stadtbäume.
In:
Black2GoGreen, Universität Geisenheim, Deutschland, 26.-27. März 2024.
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Bertschy, Alain,
2023.
Aktueller Forschungsstand zu Schwamm- und Klimastadt.
In:
Grüne Stadträume: Ein Abend über Bäume in der Stadt, Architekturstiftung Südtirol, Bozen, Italien, 7. Dezember 2023.
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Bertschy, Alain,
2023.
Forschung & Lehre zur Gebäudebegrünung in der Schweiz.
In:
BuGG-Tag der Forschung & Lehre, Frankfurt a. M., Deutschland, 26. September 2023.