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KLIMALINZ- The digital support tool for climate-resilient urban planning

City planers, architects and politicians are facing new challenges as climate change is putting increasing stress on the built environment and communities.  In the course of the EU funded research [...] climate experts and urban planners to predict negative impacts of the climate crisis on Europe's cities and derive appropriate countermeasures. Under the lead of AIT Austrian Institute of Technology the [...] on infrastructure and population and assessing the effectiveness of climate adaptation options. The city of Linz was involved in this project as a focus region on the topic of heat stress. The prototype

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Watch Netflix without harming the climate

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that in 2016, the video platform YouTube alone generated the same amount of greenhouse gases as a city the size of Frankfurt. "Streaming is the new flying" is how the Neue Züricher Zeitung puts it Number

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CLARITY

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al, Volcanic and Seismic Engieering), StockCity, EUREKA, Comune di Napoli, AMET The Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia, WSP Sverige, Acciona-I, SCC Smart Cities Consulting Gmbh, The County Administrative [...] ble deaths – especially in urban areas. THE PROJECT The EU-funded CLARITY project set out to help city planners and policymakers’ efforts to easily identify and mitigate climate change risks. The project [...] tool and online platforms to bring the latest scientific knowledge in a tailored way to end-users in cities and regions. The tool can help in taking the informed decisions to ensure that the urban and traffic

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CIVIC

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implications. Project objectives focusing on efficient and sustainable transportation from and to inner-city construction- and restoration sites will be achieved through optimal construction scheduling and material [...] Austria Aspern Seestadt is Austria's largest construction site. In several phases until 2030 a new city will be constructed in Vienna's 22nd municipal district on an area of 2.4 million m². This area will [...] reducing traffic. Project website www.civic-project.eu Final Conference Final conference of CIVIC & DenCity Partners Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences BERNARD Engineers Cargohopper Chalmers University

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Smart City Rheintal

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Smart City Rheintal Agent based MATSim transport model of Vorarlberg By means of technological and social innovations SmartCityRheintal aims at implementing four zero-emission districts that are interlinked [...] including a roadmap and action plan for 2020 is the basis for this undertaking. The project SmartCityRheintal was a research project funded by the Climate and Energy Fund Austria. AIT scientists have [...] of Austria with a size of 2,600 km² and about 380,000 inhabitants in 2015, within the project SmartCityRheintal. The model area covers the whole state of Vorarlberg and takes into account the trips of all

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green.resilient.city

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departments of the city of Vienna. An exchange platform (eg Graz, Salzburg) is set up to check the transferability to other cities. "Green.resilient.city" will create the first multi-scale city planning tool [...] green.resilient.city green.resilient.city cc mimikama Management and planning tools for a climate-sensitive urban development objective The aim of the project is to provide a "proof of concept" of a control [...] measurable. expected results A "proof of concept" of the first multi-scale city planning tool set for green and climate-friendly city (district) planning This includes Visualization, assessment and adjustment

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Heating and cooling networks for cities and industry

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Heating and cooling networks for cities and industry Heating and cooling networks for cities and industry Innovative solutions for high heating and cooling requirements in cities and industries Areas with high [...] Policy Network Operators & Energy Service Providers Hydrogen Projekte Heating and cooling networks for cities and industry Projekte × Kontakt Formular Pflichtfelder sind mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail *

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CityStore

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CityStore Context The use of urban energy storage systems is an important element for a successful energy transition. The objective of the project CityStore was to investigate main research and development [...] what the demand and potential of the individual storage technologies are. Aim and Scope Part of the CityStore project consisted in pursuing an innovative approach to the spatial localization of storage [...] consortium leader and was responsible for the identification of relevant storage technologies for cities, the analysis of the selected energy modeling tool for the use of storage technologies by surveying

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City Intelligence Lab

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Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities +43 50550-6658 +43 50550-6439 markus.ray(at)ait.ac.at Get to know our CIL Toolbox read more Infomaterial CEN-DRC-N001-V2-EN-City_Intelligence_Lab_EN.pdf pdf (8 MB) [...] City Intelligence Lab CIL is an interactive digital platform to explore novel forms and techniques for the urban development practice of the future. As incubator for intelligent solutions the lab fosters [...] Innovation Platform CIL offers the opportunity for urban practitioners to develop and test smart city related planning methods and prototypes, and to present them to a large, international audience. CIL

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Sustainable cities, regions and living spaces

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topics Climate resilience in cities and regions Mobility concepts for cities and regions Urban planning Energy Conscious Cities & Regions Circular economy for districts, cities and municipalities Project-based [...] Sustainable cities, regions and living spaces Our Vision for Climate-Resilient Cities and Regions Through our research, we contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support cities and dec [...] Laboratories City Intelligence Lab × Kontakt Formular Pflichtfelder sind mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Theresa Fink Business Managerin / Digital Resilient Cities and Regions

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Hotspot City: How effective are measures against urban heat islands?

planning, the heated city can be cooled down by a few degrees. But how effective are measures such as decoupling and greening in concrete terms? Tanja Tötzer, expert for climate-resilient cities at the Center [...] It's getting hotter every year. This or similar phrases are heard each summer when the heat in the city becomes unbearable once again. Due to the large amount of sealed surfaces and the lack of green spaces [...] Center for Energy, presents the City Intelligence Lab in the new video format of the Wiener Zeitung and explains which measures can improve the microclimate in a district or neighbourhood. In the CLARITY&nb

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NEEDS Repowered Unites European Cities for Energy Resilience

The newly launched EU co-funded research project NEEDS Repowered brings together six European cities to jointly develop innovative solutions against energy poverty and strengthen the resilience of Positive [...] implementation, knowledge sharing, and co-creation. A “Community of Practice” fosters exchange between cities and strengthens local innovation processes. “The project addresses energy efficiency challenges

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How will the city of the future look like?

What will our city look like in the future? What functions does it have to fulfil and how can people live well in it? Although all cities have similar functions, they look very different - why is that [...] youngest on a journey into the future. Together they considered how we can actively help shape our cities. At the end, there was also a small experiment in which the children from the audience could decide

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What will the city of the future look like?

4gamechangers, Gudrun Haindlmaier from the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy discussed what the city of the future might look like and what it would take to make it a desirable development. You can

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Mobility concepts for cities and regions

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Mobility concepts for cities and regions Future-proof mobility concepts for cities and regions: strengthening resilience through innovative planning For a resilient city, the mobility system is a crucial [...] mobility, which allow the resilience of cities to be assessed across different scenarios. Based on these results, policy measures are derived to prepare cities and regions for climate change as well as [...] crucial factor. Therefore, well-founded mobility concepts for cities and regions, based on robust methods for predicting and assessing mobility behavior—including rebound effects and accurate demand forecasts—are

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Climate resilience in cities and regions

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Application in Cities) is a prototype for a quick vulnerability test that provides cities with an evidence-based foundation to assess risks and challenges. Using a web-based tool, cities can create and [...] resilience in cities and regions Climate Change & Climate Resilience – Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Quality of Life Climate change is an increasing challenge , especially for cities and regions [...] resilience of cities to climate change. Ultimately, adapting to climate change requires a comprehensive and coordinated approach at different levels to strengthen the resilience of communities and cities. AIT solutions

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Promotion of Urban Circular Economy

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Research CitéSource French Geological Survey BEIA Consult International City of Nijmegen City of Gothenburg City of Rennes City of Vienna Funding The CREATE project was funded under the Joint Call 2019/2020 [...] practices of cities steering the circular economy transition together with new governance interventions will result in concrete proposals of tailored governance arrangements for the participating cities including [...] advanced urban material stock methods within governance processes to enable circular economy and cities resilience The project aims at supporting urban transformation processes towards the circular economy

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Circular economy for districts, cities and municipalities

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for districts, cities and municipalities Urban circular economy as a future model: efficiency, sustainability and digital transformation in cities Circular economy for districts, cities, and municipalities [...] strategies can be developed that support the circularity of cities across various domains. By reusing, recycling, and recovering materials, cities can reduce their dependence on finite resources and promote [...] systems. In addition, urban circular economy requires new cooperation models between municipalities, cities, businesses, and citizens, as well as the use of digital technologies to manage and optimize material

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Circular Economy

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Logistics and recycling concepts for optimized material flows in complex systems (buildings, industry, cities) Optimized asset management including life cycle costs Development of life-cycle adaptation and [...] Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dr. Ernst Gebetsroither-Geringer Senior Expert Advisor / Digital Resilient Cities +43 50550-4582 +43 50550-6613 ernst.gebetsroither(at)ait.ac.at

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CirQA

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Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send DI Markus Ray Head of Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities +43 50550-6658 +43 50550-6439 markus.ray(at)ait.ac.at × Kontakt Formular Pflichtfelder sind mit einem [...] E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dipl.-Ing.in Sophia S. Pibal Research Engineer / Digital Resilient Cities +43 664 78050869 sophia.pibal(at)ait.ac.at Key Facts Project duration: since March 2024 CirQA is

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