SMARTRoofs: Prüfung der Auswirkungen von Kombianlagen Solarenergienutzung und Dachbegrünungen auf die Biodiversität
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Stephan Brenneisen
- Co-project leader : Jascha Jerome van Gogh
- Deputy of project leader : Dr. Alexander Szallies
- Project team : Lorenz Achtnich, Lieve Dierckx, Silvan Oberhänsli, Rafael Schneider
- Project budget : CHF 143'000
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU), Foundation (Stiftung Natur & Wirtschaft)
- Project partner : Stiftung Natur & Wirtschaft
- Contact person : Stephan Brenneisen
Description
Within the framework of the action plan for the implementation
of the Swiss Biodiversity Strategy, scientific principles and
findings on the ecological balance potential of green building
measures are to be developed.
The Urban Ecology Research Group at the Zurich University of
Applied Sciences ZHAW (Institute for Environment and Natural
Resources) was invited by Dr. Franziska Humair from the Federal
Office for the Environment FOEN to submit an offer for a research
project entitled "SMARTRoofs: Testing the impact of combined solar
energy use and green roofs on biodiversity".
The project should be practice-oriented and therefore involves the
Foundation Nature & Economy, with advice and collaboration in the
area of communication and the involvement of the label holders for
"Naturnahe Umgebungs-gestaltung". The ZHAW Research Group on Urban
Ecology is responsible for project management and acting as the
main contact.
Research project:
As part of the implementation of the Swiss Biodiversity Strategy
Action Plan, an optimisation of the ecological infrastructure is to
be developed in the area of generating specialist and practical
knowledge by means of a performance review and a synthesis report
on the ecological potential of green roof areas in connection with
use for solar energy production. This will create a basis for
authorities (model building regulations for zoning and
supplementary guidelines) as well as standards (SIA) with regard to
an optimised promotion of native flora and fauna and a contribution
to the federal government's energy strategy 2050. In cooperation
with the Foundation Nature & Economy, corresponding model
procedures and label specifications will be developed.
In practice, unfortunately, green roof areas often have to give way
when solar energy use is retrofitted on a roof. It is important to
show that the combination solution works and is a benefit for
biodiversity and energy production.
Publications
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Brenneisen, Stephan; Knobel, Bettina; Kopf, Armin; et al.,
2020.
Basel-Stadt : grüne Dächer als urbane Lebensräume auch bei Hitze.
Zürcher Umweltpraxis.
97,
pp.39-42.