Articles, updates and posts from Future Cities Laboratory Global and its various projects and modules
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This study aims to understand how urban residents in Singapore and Zurich experience urban vitality and the attributes of the public environment that are critical to the production of urban vitality in densifying cities. In this blog post, participants of the online survey may retrieve information about updates and outcome of this study.
Read more Published 29. November 2024 (Updated 4 days ago)
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CACTUS (Comprehensive Assessment and Computational Toolset for Urban Solar) is a Python-based set of tools and workflows for analysing integrated photovotlaic arrays. The repository provides a set of established workflows to move from low level of detail geometry and descriptive data through the automatic design of an array and the IV-based calculation of that array.
Read more Published 11. October 2024 (Updated 1 month ago)
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RISE (Repository for Integrated Solar Energy) contains a database of integrated photovoltaic projects around the world. With each project you will find key performance metrics and images, as well as a link for further information.
Read more Published 09. October 2024 (Updated 1 month ago)
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Bombyx and Hive are Rhino Grasshopper tools for the assessment of embodied emissions (LCA) and energy. The combination of both tools offers a powerful, integrated workflow for architects and engineers to evaluate both operational and embodied emissions during the early stages of design.
Read more Published 09. October 2024 (Updated 1 month ago)
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Community solar (CS) involves the use of shared solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems within a local community, a concept that has grown in popularity in recent years. In this project, we aim to facilitate the coordination of decentralized CS investments through dynamic pricing and to improve the performance of CS by implementing land use regulation controls.
Read more Published 09. October 2024 (Updated 1 month ago)
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A Business Insider story on Singapore quotes Prof. Dr Thomas Schroepfer, Director, FCL Global, on improving the city with bicycle paths and future-proofing Singapore from future challenges.
Read more Published 03. August 2024
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Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg, Future Cities Laboratory's PI for CFC, has been awarded the SETAC Europe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Life Cycle Assessment.
Read more Published 05. July 2024
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Dr Julio Paulos will serve a five-year term at the Swiss Young Academy, which gives a voice to young academics in Switzerland.
Read more Published 05. June 2024
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FCL Global gave Dr Alfonso Vegara a tour of the Arch-Tech lab and introduced him to programme's research activities.
Read more Published 21. May 2024
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FCL Global Executive Director Prof. Sacha Menz and the programme were featured in NZZ’s biannual special issue.
Read more Published 03. May 2024
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Missed the conference? Access resources and recordings of keynote speakers and their insights in this summary.
Read more Published 31. December 2023
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