GE grünt: Environmental Sensors & Green Citizen Budget
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Sensors for groundwater, soil moisture, rainfall and noise are the technical half. The other half is a €500,000 green budget that residents aged 16 and over spend themselves, with the chosen planting built through 2026.
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The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Gelsenkirchen city profile · 📡 Sensors & IoT guide · 🌱 Environment projects
Part of Gelsenkirchen's federally funded smart city programme, a network of environmental sensors tracks groundwater, soil moisture, rainfall, temperature and noise for city-climate monitoring. It is paired with a €500,000 'green budget' that lets residents aged 16+ propose and vote on neighbourhood greening projects, with selected measures built through 2026.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “GE grünt: Environmental Sensors & Green Citizen Budget” — Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/gelsenkirchen-ge-gruent/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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