Low-Tech-Green Façade Greening: Quantification of Effort and Yield of Greened Facades
Low-Tech-Green Facade Greening: Quantification of Effort and Yield of Greened Facades
Period: 2021 – 2023
Funding Body: Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) in the program “Zukunft Bau”
Research Partners: University of Applied Sciences for Business and Environment Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU), ina Planning GmbH
A Sustainable Contribution to Climate-Adapted Architecture
DGJ Architecture, together with the research partners University of Applied Sciences for Business and Environment Nürtingen-Geislingen (HfWU) and ina Planning GmbH, published in 2024 a research project funded by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) in the program “Zukunft Bau”.
The team aimed to develop a simple, robust, and sustainable low-tech construction method for facade greening. Basic principles from building construction and physics were applied to replace complex high-tech solutions. The system saves costs, works reliably, and protects against overheating through shading. In this way, it actively contributes to climate protection.
Due to its flexible deployment requirements, the “Low-Tech-Green” system can be used in both new buildings and existing structures. The reduced effort lowers the threshold for potential users. In particular, the research project makes an important contribution to basic research in the chosen field, as it provides the previously missing computational approach to demonstrate the effective shading impact of greened facades.
