We use cookies to enable you to make optimum use of www.bonn.de and its microsites. Technically necessary cookies are set for the operation of the pages. In addition, you can allow cookies for statistical purposes and thus help us to constantly improve the user-friendliness of bonn.de. You can adjust the data protection settings at any time or agree to all cookies directly.
The installation of moisture sensors serves as a pilot project in terms of intelligent irrigation technology in municipal young tree care.
Desirée Nakath, Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery, on intelligent irrigation technology
We take you to the newly installed smart moisture sensors for young trees. They were installed in a new development area in the Geislar district of Bonn-Beuel in spring and are now being tested! The installation of the moisture sensors serves as a pilot project in terms of intelligent irrigation technology in municipal young tree care. By monitoring the transmitted data, we expect to gain insights that will enable a more efficient and needs-based use of the valuable resource of water against the backdrop of climate change. With a view to the optimal development of the tree, this project is to be designed in a cost-saving manner in future with well-organized personnel deployment.
Data transmission is particularly energy-efficient thanks to LoRaWan technology. At the same time, we are testing various tree substrates for their water retention capacity, among other things, in order to achieve the best possible conditions for good tree vitality at this level too in the future. The financial investment in this project is thus being utilized in the best possible way and is future-oriented in all directions.
Desirée Nakath from the Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery on intelligent irrigation technology
Transcription of the video
Hi, my name is Desirée Nakath and I work at the Office for the Environment and Urban Greenery in the area of tree planting. Today, on this beautiful, sunny spring day, I would like to take you on an excursion. So come along! We are now on our way to some of our newly planted trees, where we are testing in a pilot project how intelligent irrigation technology can support us in our work in the future. We have installed several moisture sensors on some of these young trees in the immediate vicinity and the good thing about these sensors is that they send the data directly to the end devices in the office and we don't have to dig in the ground on site to check the water balance. Thanks to the transmitted data, we hope to be able to use water resources efficiently and in line with demand. We have also created a great combination in this pilot project by testing different tree substrates for their water retention capacity in order to promote the vitality of the tree in the future. The investment in our trees should be cost-effective thanks to well-organized personnel deployment and the LoRaWAN radio technology used. And if you would like to find out more about LoRaWAN now, just take a look at the description!
This website has been automatically translated by DeepL. When accessing the pages, personal data remains anonymous, as no data is transmitted to the service provider. The translated content is stored locally on the City of Bonn's web server and delivered directly from there. However, it is possible that machine translations do not fully correspond to the original text. The City of Bonn therefore accepts no liability for the accuracy, completeness and up-to-dateness of the translations.