What is the UT Field Lab?
The UT Field Lab (formerly the Living Innovation Lab (LILa)) is a joint initiative of the faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) and Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at University Twente, the Netherlands. Its goals:
- provide a semi-controlled setting for observation, monitoring, and experimentation
- support training and education for vocational schools, university students, and practitioners
- connect with local communities and industrial partners
Green Infrastructure is just one among over a dozen of research projects taking place. Click here for more information on the other research projects at this site.
Green Infrastructure
In the first year, three different types of green roofs are in development. The green roofs include an extensive green roof,
a more intensive green roof, and a blue-green roof that retains water.
In the second year, different types of green walls will be added. The green walls consist of wall climbing soil bound plants,
scaffolding climbing plants leaving a space between the plants and the walls, and wall forming modular vegetation.
Both green roofs and green walls are compared to a section of building without green infrastructure, to assess
performance comparatively.