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
- 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
- Development of Basel perennial substrate: Scientific biochar outdoor trial in Arlesheim / 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
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Grau, M. et al. (2025) 'Operational experiences with a novel green wall system with integrated grey water treatment', in 13th IEES International Conference 'Closed Cycles and the Circular Society – The Power of Ecological Engineering', Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-18 July 2025.
- Grau, M. et al. (2025) 'Development of a novel green wall system with integrated greywater treatment for on-site water reuse', in 14th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation & Reuse, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-19 March 2025.
Other publications
- Bertschy, A. (2025) 'Der Klima-Garten : Lernen, Forschen und Handeln für eine resiliente Zukunft', IUNR Magazin, 2025(2), pp. 8–9. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34674.
- Bertschy, A. et al. (2024) 'Hall-like urban forests : sustainable concept for temporal brownfield transformations', in 26th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), Zagreb, Croatia, 21-25 May 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31455.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Bertschy, A. (2026) 'Beläge in der Schwammstadt', in asphaltsuisse Fachtagung, Bern, Schweiz, 29.-30. Januar 2026.
- Bertschy, A. (2025) 'Beispiele von Schwammstadt-Vegetationsbausteinen aus Schweizer Städten', in 8. bdla-Pflanzplaner:innen-Gespräche, Berlin, Deutschland, 12.-13. Juni 2025.
- Bertschy, A. (2024) 'Pflanzenauswahl für klimaresiliente Stadtbäume', in Black2GoGreen, Universität Geisenheim, Deutschland, 26.-27. März 2024.
- Bertschy, A. (2023) 'Aktueller Forschungsstand zu Schwamm- und Klimastadt', in Grüne Stadträume: Ein Abend über Bäume in der Stadt, Architekturstiftung Südtirol, Bozen, Italien, 7. Dezember 2023.
- Bertschy, A. (2023) 'Forschung & Lehre zur Gebäudebegrünung in der Schweiz', in BuGG-Tag der Forschung & Lehre, Frankfurt a. M., Deutschland, 26. September 2023.