Accompanying research "Climate-friendly construction - model projects"

Centre for Urban Ecology and Climate Adaptation – Subproject 1

The consequences of anthropogenic climate change are also visible in Bavaria and, depending on the level of future global emissions, will have significant impacts in the coming decades. In the future, Bavaria will have to prepare for more frequent extreme weather events, such as intense and prolonged heat waves and dry phases, as well as longer-lasting rain events and heavy precipitation events. Accordingly, the urban environment, the construction and design of buildings and open spaces must already meet the changing external circumstances and rise to the challenges today.

An important component of climate-friendly building is on-site stormwater management. A water-sensitive settlement development aims to come as close as possible to the natural local water balance in order not to overload the municipal drainage systems, as they are not prepared for the impacts of climate change (e.g. flooding, combined sewer overflows during heavy rainfall).

Within the scope of the project, quantitative and qualitative aspects from a water management point of view are investigated for this purpose. For selected model projects, simulations of different climate scenarios (heavy rainfall to extreme dry periods) are carried out and used to evaluate the influence of blue-green measures on the adaptability to climate change.

The research project is a subproject of the Centre for Urban Ecology and Climate Adaptation (ZSK) and serves as scientific support for the implementation of ten model projects in Bavaria with regard to urban climate adaptation (adaptation) and climate protection (mitigation) in municipal housing construction. The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of blue-green-grey climate adaptation measures in municipal housing, considering the long-term economic viability, which will have a positive impact in times of climate change and the associated increase in the number of extreme weather events.