ClimateAdaptation.Municipalities.NRW

The redesign of Staelscher Hof is intended to improve the quality of life in the city center and the microclimate in the area. As part of the redesign, the square is to be made greener. Underground retention boxes will serve as a buffer for surface water.

A total of 50 new public drinking water fountains are to be built as part of a smart and integrative location concept. The fountains are to be installed at central locations in the city. A test run with smart sensor technology to record quality and consumption is planned for ten drinking water fountains.

The aim of the project is the climate-adapted design of the Alanbrooke quarter and a development towards a new, innovative, climate-friendly and exemplary residential and commercial quarter. The approximately 18-hectare (ha) site will not only be home to an urban quarter, but also a green oasis in the form of a central, approximately 5.2-hectare public green corridor.

This is a largely sealed area with few trees, which is to be upgraded with more gravel lawns, more trees, possibly a drinking fountain and structural shading elements to adapt it to the climate.

Immediate climate adaptation measures are to be implemented, which are defined accordingly as part of the "Sustainable Urban Development Concept 2040". Specifically, a green space is to be created on Schloßstraße and sealed surfaces are to be broken up. The roofs of the citizens' forum and a kindergarten will be greened.

The redesign of the schoolyard leads to the unsealing and greening of the schoolyard. The newly created troughs and cisterns collect the excess rainwater, the sponge city principle is followed and expanded in the town of Heinsberg.

Three schoolyards in high-density inner-city locations are to be qualified as green neighborhood oases and thus make an important contribution to climate impact adaptation. The city combines this with the aim of enabling the vulnerable group of children in particular to grow up healthily in a stimulating learning environment.

The school playground areas are to be converted in a climate-friendly and needs-oriented manner, making them sustainable and future-oriented in the long term. This concept is being developed and tested using the Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Velbert as an example. The redesign of other schoolyards is also being planned based on this concept.

The roof of the building is to be equipped with ecologically valuable greenery. The primary aim is to completely disconnect the property from the combined sewer with the help of infiltration trenches, a cistern and a natural trough channel.

The school playground is to be redesigned to make it climate-friendly and create an attractive learning environment. In order to counteract the negative consequences of climate change in the long term, the town of Borken is pursuing a holistic approach that is not limited to individual measures. Instead, various climate adaptation measures are being sensibly combined with one another.

The aim of the project is to redesign the outdoor area of the Regenbogen daycare center in the heart of the municipality in a natural, sustainable and climate-adapted way. The municipality of Merzenich wants to take a resilient approach to the future and, as a first step, protect particularly vulnerable groups from the consequences of climate change.