Basel Main Exhibition Hall

Project Name: Basel Main Exhibition Hall Year: 2000 Owner: Basel Convention Center Location: Basel, Switzerland Building Type: Commercial Type: Extensive System: Single Source Provider Size: 86111 sq.ft. Slope: 1.5% Access: Accessible, Private Submitted by: Greenroofs.com Designers/Manufacturers of Record: Architect: Theo Hotz,

The largest of six extensive greenroofs on the Main Exhibition Hall (Messehalle Basel), the 8,000 m? roof consists of low growing sedum species, flowering herbs and forbs. The building sports a huge array of integrated solar panels, and the Convention Center sells electricity to the City of Basel. This building boasts the largest greenroof in Switzerland.

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For additional info, please contact Stephan Brenneisen, Dr. phil Geograph, Hochschule Waedenswil Fachbereich Naturmanagement FACHSTELLE DACHBEGRUENUNG, Gruental, Postfach 335, CH- 8820 Waedenswil, Tel: ++41(0)1 789 99 29, Fax: ++41 (0)1 789 99 40, email: stephan.brenneisen@zhaw.ch; or Nathalie Baumann, Dipl. BioGeografin, email: n.baumann@zhaw.ch.

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