Innovation Ideas/Diamonds

Green roof (TU Delft)

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short description

Roof covered with vegetation or the creation of green space on top of a human-made structure.

campus full address

TU Delft Prometheusplein 1 2628 ZC Delft Netherlands

country

Netherlands

key words

green, roof, sustainability, performance, grass

creator of profile

Gertjan De Werk, Pauline Van Der Vorm

email contact person

P.A.H.vanderVorm@tudelft.nl

institution(s)

TU Delft

visibility of the part "ii innovation profile"

Public

origins of the idea

Other

strong points and potentials

Mecanoo Architecten designed the library as a sloped plane, extending the grass from the ground to the very edge of the roof: with a grass-covered roof, high-performance glazed facades and subterranean storage for heating and cooling, the building reaches high standards of sustainability.

spatial scale

Neighbouring Science/Technology Parc or campus

primary use of project

Mixed use

sectors of innovation

Air, Energy, Assets, Water

upscaling potential

Higher scale (region or above) / society

type of innovation

Adaption to climate change, Technical, Behavioural / Socio-economic, Educational/Knowhow

innovation status

Demo on Campus

time to market

Operational now