Project description DEENESFRITPL New climate models for urban planners Urban centres have higher concentrations of pollutants and the centre of any city is usually warmer than the outlying areas. Understanding urban climate dynamics is vital for urban planners and researchers studying how variables such as temperature, humidity, wind and radiation are modified by urban morphology. The EU-funded Urb-TWin project will integrate this new knowledge into a free, open-source geographical information system software (QGIS). The aim will be to make it easily available to researchers working with urban issues as well as urban planners. For instance, empirical models will be developed to relate observed air temperature and simulated wind speed values to geographical indicators characterising an observed or a simulated location (distance to building facade, vegetation or building density). The models will also become available for interdisciplinary research purposes. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Climate change induces warmer summers and more frequent and intense heat waves, increasing human mortality and energy demand for cooling purpose. This is particularly critical in urban areas where climate variables such as temperature, humidity, wind and radiation are modified by the urban morphology, the lack of pervious soils and the human activities. While the urban population is likely to grow, it is urgent to make cities cooler. The overall goal of my project is to determine the urban fabric characteristics (mainly the morphology, vegetation cover and land-type) affecting the air temperature and the wind speed spatial variability. This new knowledge will be integrated in the Geographical Information System software QGIS in order to make it easily available to researchers working with urban issues as well as urban planners. First, empirical models will be developed to relate observed air temperature and simulated wind speed values to geographical indicators characterizing an observed or a simulated location (e.g. distance to building facade, vegetation or building density, etc.). Second, these models will be integrated in the QGIS software and thus will be available for interdisciplinary research purposes. Third, I will investigate the coupling of the urban climate models with energy models devoted to building energy estimation or solar energy production which are developed by the University Savoie Mont-Blanc (USMB - partner organization).The models developed during Urb-TWin will be useful for the urban climate research community since they could be used to speed up CFD simulations used in urban climate models. Moreover, they will also be available for urban planning applications from the widely known QGIS plat-form. Last, thanks to the Urb-TWin training and secondment, I will also increase my probability to get a permanent position as leader of an urban climate research axis at the partner organisation in the next years. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energysocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwarenatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Keywords Outdoor thermal comfort building energy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET Net EU contribution € 203 852,16 Address VASAPARKEN 405 30 Goeteborg Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 203 852,16
