Mateusz Pawlak
15-03-2023, last update 15-03-2023 13:49
Green sedum roofs will appear this year on the shelters of 40 bus stops in Warsaw. They will also have windows with markings warning birds once morest collision.
source: Bloomberg
The Warsaw City Transport Authority has announced a tender for the delivery and installation of 34 green roofs for bus shelters and the replacement of 165 windows with markings warning flying birds once morest collision. Sheds, as part of projects from the 2023 participatory budget, will be green in Targówek and Ursynów. At the same time, a supplier of six completely new sheds is also sought – also covered with sedum and markings.
In Targówek, Ursynów and Bemowo
26 sheds in Targówek will undergo a metamorphosis – as part of the project from the 2023 civic budget “Green bus stops in Targówek”. , DKS Targówek 01 and 02, Handlowa 01, Lusińska 01, Łojewska 01, Malborska 01 and 02, Metro Trocka 01, 03 and 06, Młodych 01, 02, 03 and 04, Przy Grodzisku 01 and 02, Rembielińska 01 and 02 and Hospital Bródnowski 03 and 04.
The “Meadows at stops” project will be implemented in Ursynów. The roofs will be green at eight stops: Metro Imielin 01 and 02, Metro Natolin 01, 02, 03 and 04, Lanciego 01 and Polinezyjska 03. At the same time, as in Targówek, smooth transparent windows will be replaced with labels to make them more visible to birds.
Six completely new shelters will be set up by ZTM in Bemowo – at the stops: Os. Leśne 01 and 02 and Fort Bema 01 and 02 and in Rembertów, at the stops Rembertów-Akademia 01 and Rembertów Ratusz 01. They will be the so-called standard sheds, equipped with benches and information display cases as standard, with sedum on the roof and bird-friendly windows.
It purifies the air and cools it
Sedum is a plant that is becoming more and more popular in Warsaw, both on the roofs of bus shelters and tram tracks. It is perfect for urban conditions and tolerates adverse climatic conditions well. It is maintenance-free – it does not require watering and fertilization, it looks fresh and aesthetic for a long time.
At the same time, the plant has a beneficial effect on air quality – sedum from the roof of one shed reduces its pollination in its area by approx. 15-20%. and absorbs 7.3 kg of carbon dioxide per year. On hot days, it lowers the temperature under the shelter by 3-5 degrees Celsius. During rain, it stores up to 150 liters of water, which contributes to the retention of rainwater. Thanks to the long flowering period, it also favors insects.
Safe for birds
The windows of the new sheds will be marked with a dense grid of dots applied by screen printing. Such markings warn birds once morest a collision with the transparent, standard shed window, which is often invisible to them.
The company that wins the tender procedure for green roofs will have five months from the date of signing the modernization contract. Another six shelters are to appear at stops within eight months. After the works are completed, the number of green bus stops in Warsaw will increase to 77.
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