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A list of recent ETH Research Collection publications by members of Future Cities Laboratory Global, its modules and projects

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Exhibitions

Exhibition FCLG Conference 2023

Exhibition FCLG Conference 2023

The exhibition held during Future Cities Laboratory Global Conference October 2023 hosted at ETH Zürich showcases the results of the ongoing research activities. Bringing together science, design, engineering and governance, FCL Global actively promotes the development of more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, setting the stage for a more liveable urban future.
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Venice Biennale Architettura 2023

Venice Biennale Architettura 2023

20 May - 26 Nov | FCL Global presented their research at the exhibition titled `By Science. By Design. In Place. Over Time at the Biennale Architettura. As part of the exhibition titled TIME SPACE EXISTENCE, organised by the European Cultural Centre (ECC), FCL Global presented the results of its research into the sustainable future development of cities at Palazzo Mora in Venice.
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Articles, updates and posts from Future Cities Laboratory Global and its various projects and modules

News & Blog Posts

Urban Vitality Survey

This study aims to understand how urban residents in Singapore and Zurich experience urban vitality. 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 1 week ago)

Urban Vitality Survey

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CACTUS

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 2 months ago)

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Explore RISE

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 2 months ago)

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Bombyx / Hive

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 2 months ago)

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FCL official news

A better designed Singapore, from bicycle paths to sustainability

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

A better designed Singapore, from bicycle paths to sustainability

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Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg Receives SETAC Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Prof. Dr Stefanie Hellweg Receives SETAC Lifetime Achievement Award

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Dr Julio Paulos elected to the Swiss Young Academy

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

Dr Julio Paulos elected to the Swiss Young Academy

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FCL Global meets Dr Alfonso Vegara in Zurich

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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Fewer utopias, more concrete solutions

FCL Global Executive Director Prof. Sacha Menz and the programme were featured in NZZ’s biannual special issue.  

Read more Published 03. May 2024

Fewer utopias, more concrete solutions

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Future cities, future ideas – A summary of the FCL Global Conference 2023

Missed the conference? Access resources and recordings of keynote speakers and their insights in this summary.

Read more Published 31. December 2023

Future cities, future ideas – A summary of the FCL Global Conference 2023

Tools

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Software developed at Future Cities Laboratory Global as part of our scientific work and its results

City Energy Analyst (CEA)

City Energy Analyst (CEA)

City Energy Analyst helps you to analyse the effects of building retrofits, land-use planning, district heating and cooling and renewable energy on the future costs, emissions and energy consumption of neighbourhoods and districts.

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Natcap Tool

Natcap Tool

The NatCap Tool is an Singapore-oriented 3D platform that allows users to easily show and modify different types of raster-based landcovers and to calculate several different ecosystem services on top of those landcovers.

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Bike To The Future

Bike To The Future

A cycling simulator tool to understand and evaluate behavioural reactions of cyclists to street design interventions.

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GlobalViews

GlobalViews

FCL GlobalViews is an interactive 3D model of Zurich that allows users to design urban planning scenarios by modifying the land cover.

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IÖ App

IÖ App

The IÖ app furnish students with a hands-​on tool for appraising real estate parameters in real-​world settings, visibly reinforcing for them the direct link between the built environment and its surrounding economic context.

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BOMBYX

BOMBYX

The goal of Bombyx is to allow for simplified whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings during early design stages.

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ur-scape

ur-scape

ur-scape is a visual and interactive planning support tool. It integrates data at multiple scales to support efforts to make more sustainable and resilient cities and regions. It is designed for rapidly urbanising areas where data is often difficult to access and uneven in quality, and where development needs are especially urgent and challenging.

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Singapore Views

Singapore Views

Singapore Views is an interactive visualization and presentation platform in 3D-​4D

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Hive

Hive

Hive helps to understand performative consequences of architectural design decisions on energy efficiency, comfort, cost and emissions.

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Datasets

Contribute, federate and collaborate - Join the Future Cities Laboratory Dataverse on our Instances in Switzerland and Singapore.

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