Gieß den Kiez

Participation

Environment

Berlin's urban trees are suffering from drought and you can help them!

With the help of the open source solution "Gieß den Kiez", residents can adopt city trees. On the platform, residents* can find out about the water needs of the trees in their neighborhood. They can adopt individual trees and mark them when they have watered them. The "Gieß den Kiez" platform uses a wide range of data so that residents know how much water their partner tree needs and when. The local tree register is connected to "Gieß den Kiez”, where information on the type and age of the tree can be added, as well as weather data and soil moisture (when available). If the city waters the trees on a mobile basis, this information can also be integrated into the platform

Price Model

Gieß den Kiez is an open source product, provided and developed by City Lab Berlin. Therefore, there are no costs for the software. However, there are costs for setting up the solution in your own city, as well as for the operation.

Open Source
Free of charge
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What makes your product stand out?

Irrigation coordination platform
Open Source Software Solution
Web Front End Solution
Solution inviting residents to participate in the irrigation of endangered trees

Added value and benefits of your product

Savings for the city through watering of trees by citizens
Minimization of the budget for emergency irrigation
Minimization of drought damage costs
Open source code: publicly available, editable & usable by third parties

Features

Water trees
Adopt trees
Explore the tree population
Exchange with others

About "Gieß den Kiez"

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT THIS APPLICATION

What data is needed?

Weather data
Tree cadastre
Watering data

What data is already being produced by the city?

A municipal tree cadastre is usually available

What other data would improve the system?

Irrigation data from either the city or the green space offices
Information on the soil, also known as pedological data

What data is created and can flow back into the data platform?

Number of times trees have been watered
Amount of water poured in total and per user* (in liters)
Activity of the city community

Does the solution use classic open data sources? If yes, which ones?

Municipal tree cadastre
Weather data, e.g. Open Weather Map

Watering street trees - how to water properly?

Baeume_richtig_giessen.pdf

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Which SDGS are addressed?

In order to create globally sustainable structures, the member states of the United Nations have set themselves 17 goals by 2030, which are set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.