1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Poznań
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Park biurowy Pixel w Poznaniu
Short description of the intervention
A modern office building in Poznan and a headquarter of a large company was designed to include multiple environmentally friendly solutions like cycling facilities, energy-efficient appliances in the building, roof gardens, the use of rainwater in the sanitary facilities, waste segregation system and the overall energy-efficient design of the building façade to let in as much natural light as possible [1].


Address

Grunwaldzka 182
60-166 Poznan
Poland

Location
The NBS is situated in an area, with clear delineation of boundaries and a specific shape (polygon). The NBS project can also have more than one area location (more than one polygon, situated close by).
Area boundary
POINT (16.858382 52.391868)
POINT (16.858757 52.391638)
POINT (16.85785 52.391154)
POINT (16.857577 52.391413)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
https://www.google.pl/maps/place/Pixel/@52.3914388,16.8569976,210m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4704452f865ec9f9:0x5b7c5b943b80c495!8m2!3d52.3914388!4d16.8580919?hl=pl&authuser=0
Total area
33000.00m²
NBS area
33000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Central Business District / City Centre
Building
Website of the intervention
https://www.urbanity.pl/wielkopolskie/poznan/park-biurowy-pixel,b5035
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2011
End date of the intervention
2013
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
To build a modern office building which utilizes innovation and environmentally friendly solutions [1]
Quantitative targets
Modern, ecologically friendly building of total surface 33000 m2 with green roofs and rainwater sanitary system. It consists of 7 overground and 3 underground floors [1]
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Climate change mitigation
Water management (SDG 6)
Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
Environmental quality
Waste management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Economic development: service sectors
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Reduce energy demand, with the use of renewables or energy efficiency improvements
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Install vertical or horizontal artificial surfaces that help with carbon storage and cooling
Raise public awareness of behaviours, lifestyle and cultural changes with mitigation potential
Implementation activities
The project is completed and meets all of the set criteria. A modern, ecologically friendly building was built (total surface 33000 m2 with green roofs and rainwater sanitary system, consisting of 7 overground and 3 underground floors) [1,2]
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Green roofs
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Institutional green space
Green areas for water management
Sustainable urban drainage systems
Type of Green Roof
Semi-intensive Green Roof: depth 5 - 7 inches; plants: Selected Perennials, Sedums, ornamental Grasses, Herbs and little Shrubs; Medium maintenance and costs
What is the level of innovation / development of the NBS related to water management?
Medium / High: sustainable urban drainage systems which include water storage and diverts water flooding
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Flower beds
Garden beds
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Water (surface and ground water for drinking and non-drinking purposes)
Regulating services
Water purification / filtration
Mediation of smell / noise / visual impacts
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Private sector/Corporate/Company
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Globe Trade Center was the project's investor, the building was designed by the JEMS Architects' studio and Budimex from Warsaw is the general contractor for the project [1,2]
Key actors - initiating organization
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Private sector or company
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Land owners
Private sector or company
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Unknown
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
Lack of data about the costs of the individual environmentally friendly solutions (e.g. green roofs). The cost of the overall office park investment was 73.000.000 PLN (around 17.205.000 EUR).(Ref.2)
Source(s) of funding
Corporate investment
Type of fund(s) used
Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Urban offsetting model (biodiversity or water)
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Private for-profit actor (e.g. firm, insurer)
Type of innovation
System innovation
Please specify system innovation
A modern building that might mark a paradigm shift in thinking about the contemporary working spaces, as it merges business culture with multiple environmentally friendly solutions, as well as family friendly policy (kindergarten on the premises), and health consciousness (facilities for cyclists).(Ref.1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
The innovation is not referred to as being transferred to new initiative(s)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Although there was a hope expressed that more buildings of a similar type will be built in Poznan in the future.(Ref.1)
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Reduced emissions
Environmental quality
Improved waste management
Water management and blue areas
Improved stormwater management
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Description of environmental benefits
The building has received an architectural award for the following elements: green roofs, energy-saving glass construction, and effective waste management system and rainwater collection and reuse [1].
Economic impacts
Reduce financial cost for urban management
Attraction of business and investment
Description of economic benefits
Owing to the energy-saving solutions and rainwater recycling, the building causes lower costs of maintenance. It is also situated in a business district and functions as an effective PR tool for the district [1,2].
Social and cultural impacts
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Education
Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
Description of social and cultural benefits
The staff can relax in the gardens on the rooftop and is aware of the innovative energy- and water-saving solutions in their workplace [1,2].
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Online media covarage of the building
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Environmental quality
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Water management (SDG 6)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of September of 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref.1 (online article)
Ref.2 (project's profile)
List of references
1. Zabawny, Z. (2015), 'Nagroda J.B. Quadro 2012: PIXEL najpiękniejszy' ('Award J.B. Quadro 2012: PIXEL the most beautiful'), online article, naszemiasto.pl, http://poznan.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/nagroda-j-b-quadro-2012-pixel-najpiekniejszy,2745138,art,t,id,tm.html (Accessed: 26 September 2020).
2. Project's profile on the Internet portal urbanity.pl, http://www.urbanity.pl/wielkopolskie/poznan/park-biurowy-pixel,b5035 (Accessed: 26 September 2020).
Interview comments
I have contacted the investor of the project (Garvest real estate) to obtain more information on sections 4 and 6 and I'm waiting for the reply. (Updated in 2017)
Comments and notes
Comments
Certainly, there must be more information about the project out there that is not available online (especially when it comes to project's evaluation). I will need to obtain that information by email. (Updated in 2017)
Public Images
Construction of the Office Park Pixel
Construction of the Office Park Pixel
Piotr Malina (www.urbanity.pl), retrieved 08/31/2018
Construction of the Office Park Pixel
Construction of the Office Park Pixel
Piotr Malina (www.urbanity.pl), retrieved 08/31/2018