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The project "greening 50 houses" has developed a cost-effective, easily implementable all-in-one solution for greening the road-side facade of existing real estate. The greening prevents urban heat islands and improves the microclimate.
According to climate forecasts, Vienna is expected to experience more heat during summer in the future – in some years there will be up to 100 days with temperatures above 30°C, which would be an increase of 550% compared to the average for the years 1981-2010. Green buildings or facades reduce the perceived temperature by up to 13°C and thus counteract “urban heat islands”. Especially along pavements and in ground floor zones, greening has a positive effect on the microclimate. Building greenery has many more advantages: it improves the air quality and ensures a more natural, healthier environment in the city.
Vienna is a very innovative city but within numerous projects we noticed that making the city more green can be very tiring. We asked ourselves, why so many people are so frustrated when it comes to green facades. So we started asking over 100 people what experiences they made with green facades and what hindered or motivated them in the past to realise green facades. We found out that the approval process within the city of Vienna is really complex and takes up to one year to get a permission to construct a green facade. Furthermore we unveiled out that there are numerous…
With the project „greening 50 houses“ we analysed all these factors and created a holistic process to make things easier. We developed two instruments – a web platform and a low-tech green facade system – that are integrated to lead the owner through the whole process from the first idea of having a green facade until the installation and care of the plants.
The core element of the webplattform is a web-form that asks within a three step process for all information that is required by official entities and for planning the green facade. The first two steps are about basic information like the adress and information on the building and the location and can be filled out by anyone. Within the last step the form asks for legally binding documents like a care obligation and a circular resolution proving that the majority of the owner of the house agree on the green facade. Transparency is really important for us, that‘s why the webtool offers a quick check, that shows if all entered parameters are fine or if some need detailed consideration by official entities. Furthermore we developed several supporting documents like info-sheets that can be spread throughout the ownership, drafts for…
In the beginning of the project, over 100 interviews with citizens were conducted. The results were taken into account in the development of both project solutions.
Over 300 people declared their interest in adding green facades to their houses during the 3-month-long submission period für the first 50 prototypes.
