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Rotterdam

Opportunity

A city has an enormous potential for Optoppen.

Much of the city of Rotterdam was constructed post-Second World War and the majority of buildings have flat roofs. This creates enormous potential for Optoppen. Estimates suggest that more than 18km2 of flat roof space is available in the city.

Extensive data is available for the municipality of Rotterdam, including the number of roof tops, the areas of these, and building heights. A summary was provided by Rotterdam-based architect practice, MVRDV, from its Superworld Roofscape Study. The data was fed into the building opportunity tool, to calculate the opportunities for adding storeys onto the existing buildings.

The study found that up to 125,000 flats can be added in Rotterdam.

Opportunities per district

Botlek-Europoort-Maasvlakte
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
20.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Charlois
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
16.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Delfshaven
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
17.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Feijenoord
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
13.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Hillersberg
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
8.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Hoek van Holland
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
6.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Hoogvliet
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
8.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
IJsselmonde
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
16.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Kralingen-Crooswijk
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
17.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Nieuw Mathenesse
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
22.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Noord
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
16.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Noord-West
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
19.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Overschie
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
8.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Pernis
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
3.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Prince Alexander e.o.
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
13.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Rivium
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
21.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Rott Centrum
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
14.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Spaanse Polder
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
10.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Vondelingenplaat
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
20.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:
Waalhaven-Eemhaven
New flats:
New internal area:
Area increase:
23.00
%
Stored Carbon (TCO2e):
Sikla spuce trees:

Opportunies per district

District
New Flats
Internal Area (m2 )
Area Increase %
Stored Carbon (TCO2e)
Sikla Spuce Trees
Total
15.76
%
Waalhaven-Eemhaven
23.00
%
Vondelingenplaat
20.00
%
Spaanse Polder
10.00
%
Rivium
21.00
%
IJsselmonde
16.00
%
Pernis
3.00
%
Nieuw Mathenesse
22.00
%
Noord-West
19.00
%
Botlek-Europoort-Maasvlakte
20.00
%
Overschie
8.00
%
Prince Alexander e.o.
13.00
%
Kralingen-Crooswijk
17.00
%
Noord
16.00
%
Hoogvliet
8.00
%
Feijenoord
13.00
%
Hillersberg
8.00
%
Hoek van Holland
6.00
%
Delfshaven
17.00
%
Rott Centrum
14.00
%
Charlois
16.00
%

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