Sustainability
Sustainable, Locale, Climat-positive
urb-x as a system is designed to fulfill highest sustainability standards
Construction: Use of regrowing or sustainable produced materials (over 90% of the used material is wood)
Operation: urb-x tracks produce up to 10 times more energy than they use
Social responsibility: Use of as much local material and labour as possible
Multi-use of existing traffic space reduces space usage of traffic
urb-x tracks aim for a strong local embedding
Use of local wood and local suppliers
Local assembly of key components in temporary locally installed workshop
Use of local labor in planning, assembly and construction
Short transportation routes
Active contribution to noise reduction in neighborhoods
urb-x provides an active contribution to counter climate change
First significant climate neutral traffic infrastructure
Integrated solar cells provide more energy than used
An urb-x network provides clear incentive to change commuting to the bicycle
Significantly less sealing of natural ground.
Limit heating of sealed areas by shadowing them.
Significant CO2 savings
95% of the volume and 70% of the total weight of the track consists of renewable raw materials (primarily wood)
>95% of the raw materials used are recyclable
The construction of a Bike Highway using the urb-x system saves approx. 3,000 tonnes of CO2 per kilometre compared to the traditional construction method (steel or steel-concrete).
A raised construction method uses 80-85% less land than a ground-level realisation
Wood as the main raw material can be sourced regionally and causes less transport costs and increases local added value
Substantial Safety Gains
Grosses Umsteigepotenzial
Living, working and leisure are growing together. Both younger and older people appreciate the city thanks to its short distances.
The car is losing much of its importance in the city
Megatrend 15-minute city (all places within 15 minutes by bike)
The lack of parking spaces means that employers only provide parking spaces for employees with long commutes to work
Cities promote cargo bikes. These are experiencing annual growth rates of over 70%
Schools and universities lead to a lot of bicycle traffic
Leisure traffic and nightlife as a cycling booster
Energie-positiv
Depending on its orientation, an urb-x track produces up to 300 MWh of electricity per year by means of PV modules integrated into the railing.
Approximately 40 MWh of electricity is required per year for heating, lighting, signalling and control technology.
The track produces between 5-8 times as much electricity as it consumes itself
The PV modules are integrated into laminated glass and provide an attractive, semi-transparent appearance
The electricity produced by the PV modules is processed in the support elements with an inverter so that it can be fed into the grid of the energy supplier.
Einfache Wartung - Wiederverwendbarkeit
The replacement of all essential components is possible without major interruption of operation:
Track elements (approx. 20 minutes)
Support elements (approx. 5 hours)
Railing elements (approx. 10 minutes)
PV modules (approx. 5 minutes)
Lights (approx. 30 minutes)
Technical components
Remanufacturing of replaced components is possible
> 95% of the material used is recyclable