Green Roof Basel Switzerland

Although green roofs are picturesque builders see them primarily as a way to help meet switzerland s stringent.

Green roof basel switzerland.

This is the roof of a hospital in basel switzerland s third most populous city. The main aim of the green roof initiative is to increase the coverage of green roofs in the city of basel through the use of a combination of financial incentives and building regulations. The city of basel in switzerland has the largest area of green roofs per capita in the world. This means that every second summer will be as hot or even hotter than the temperatures reached.

Initiatives aiming to increase the provision of green roofs in basel were initially driven by energy saving programmes and subsequently by biodiversity conservation. The main aim of the green roof initiative is to increase the coverage of green roofs in the city of basel through the use of a combination of financial incentives and building regulations. By 2100 under a high greenhouse emissions scenario the temperature is projected to increase by about 4 5 ºc in comparison to the 1990s. Combining mitigation and adaptation on measures.

Initiatives aiming to increase the provision of green roofs in basel were initially driven by energy saving programmes and subsequently by biodiversity conservation. The city of basel has promoted green roofs via investment in incentive programmes which provided subsidies for green roof installation 1996 1997 and 2005 2006.