Feasibility study for the realization of façade greening in the course of a housing renovation at the WHA Lorystraße and NMS Enkplatz
Due to the ever-increasing temperatures caused by climate change and the urban heat island effect (Urban Heat Island – UHI), there is a heavy heat load in large cities during summer, which will even increase in the future. This project dealt with the greening of façades and roofs of buildings in order to reduce this effect. The greening of buildings not only has a positive effect on the microclimate, but also improves the quality of life in the city.
The aim of the project was to increase the acceptance of the different interest groups and to use targeted measures to explain the positive effects of the greening to the urban population and the stakeholders. The project group set itself the specific goal of bringing the topic of greening of façades into a building project in the area of Geiselberg / Enkplatz in Vienna Simmering. In addition, a feasibility study for the greening of a façade of the new middle school on Enkplatz in Vienna Simmering should be created, which would serve as a guide to the people involved in the implementation of the greening.
Through participating in many meetings together with the project partner MA22 and through the active search for dialogue with actors involved in the project, all stakeholders could be convinced of the benefits of a green façade which has now become a fixed part of the planning. The feasibility study, which will be completed at the beginning of 2017, will serve as a guide for the planners when implementing the façade greening at the Enkplatz.
Students involved in the project:
Laura Diethart (Uni Vienna), Nicola Herrmann (BOKU), Corinna Matzka (Uni Vienna), Michael Molina (WU), Nina Radl (BOKU), Julia Schwarzbauer (FH Krems)
Contact MA 22:
Jürgen Preiss: juergen.preiss@Vienna.gv.at
