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., Horber, H., Bertschy, A., Trachsel Geissmann, E., & Heinrich, A. (2025, July). Operational experiences with a novel green wall system with integrated grey water treatment. 13th IEES International Conference “Closed Cycles and the Circular Society – the Power of Ecological Engineering”, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16-18 July 2025.
- Grau, M., Krähenbühl, N., Bertschy, A., Trachsel Geissmann, E., Heinrich, A., Hüppi, P., & Carl, W. (2025, March). Development of a novel green wall system with integrated greywater treatment for on-site water reuse. 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), 8–9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34674
- Bertschy, A., Heinrich, A., Stevanovic, S., & Tausendpfund, D. (2024, May). Hall-like urban forests : sustainable concept for temporal brownfield transformations. 26th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), Zagreb, Croatia, 21-25 May 2024. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31455
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Bertschy, A. (2026, January 30). Beläge in der Schwammstadt. asphaltsuisse Fachtagung, Bern, Schweiz, 29.-30. Januar 2026.
- Bertschy, A. (2025, June 12). Beispiele von Schwammstadt-Vegetationsbausteinen aus Schweizer Städten. 8. bdla-Pflanzplaner:innen-Gespräche, Berlin, Deutschland, 12.-13. Juni 2025.
- Bertschy, A. (2024, March 27). Pflanzenauswahl für klimaresiliente Stadtbäume. Black2GoGreen, Universität Geisenheim, Deutschland, 26.-27. März 2024.
- Bertschy, A. (2023, December 7). Aktueller Forschungsstand zu Schwamm- und Klimastadt. Grüne Stadträume: Ein Abend über Bäume in der Stadt, Architekturstiftung Südtirol, Bozen, Italien, 7. Dezember 2023.
- Bertschy, A. (2023, September 26). Forschung & Lehre zur Gebäudebegrünung in der Schweiz. BuGG-Tag der Forschung & Lehre, Frankfurt a. M., Deutschland, 26. September 2023.