The Dean of ENAC, Prof. Claudia Binder, named-checked UrbanTwin in an in-depth interivew about World Cities Day: “Digital technology is opening the door to new research avenues. For example, it lets us simulate potential pathways and tipping dynamics towards more sustainable states. These results could support policymakers in their decision-making and enable them to explore unknown avenues. This can be really powerful, and it’s underexploited so far, especially at the scale of a city due […]

Georgios Sarantakos took part in a panel discussion at the event Reimagining Living: Building within our Planet’s Limits. A panel discussion highlighted the importance of breaking silos and the interconnected nature of politics and our collective future. The panelists included: In a world facing increasing urbanization and environmental challenges, events like “Reimagining Living” provide a platform for rethinking the future of our cities. As we navigate this pivotal moment in history, the question remains: can […]

Prof. Babak Falsafi featured in an online webinar organized by Reuters and IEEE, together with leaders from IEEE CS, UN and OECD on the climate impact of Frontier Technologies. Watch the video Empowering The Green Tech Revolution: From Design to Deployment According to a recent UN report, frontier technologies such as AI, blockchain, or immersive reality can help mitigate and combat many of the challenges the world is facing when it comes to climate change. […]

A threshold has been crossed: the first results from UrbanTwin have already been published. Splitting probabilities and mean first-passage times across multiple thresholds of jump-and-drift transition pathsGiulio Calvani and Paolo PeronaPhysical Review E 108, 044105 – 3 October 2023 The authors have derived a relationship for the mean first-passage time of transition paths crossing two consecutive thresholds for particles starting outside them. The results are relevant to several physical and engineering applications including the case […]

Our first newsletter is online, featuring an interview with two leading players from UrbanTwin The UrbanTwin project brings together the energy, environmental and IT communities, as required for the achievement of its goals. Indeed, a multi-disciplinary approach is required in order to address the complexity of the multi-infrastructure modelling as well as the development of an energy efficient and highly performant IT-based digital twin too. These communities are equally represented in the project in terms […]

A CLIMACT Starting Grant has been awarded to a project related to UrbanTwin: NaviSedWood 

The UrbanTwin project brings together the energy, environmental and IT communities, as required for the achievement of its goals. Indeed, a multi-disciplinary approach is required in order to address the complexity of the multi-infrastructure modelling as well as the development of an energy efficient and highly performant IT-based digital twin too. These communities are equally represented in the project in terms of number of partners and activities and the project is co-led by representatives of […]

A consortium of Swiss research institutes has begun working on UrbanTwin to make an AI driven, ecologically sensitive model of the energy, water and waste systems the town of Aigle to help boost sustainability. Twins are a fascinating phenomenon: observing how identical twins, even those separated at birth, can resemble each other in appearance, character, ability, and personal taste is astounding. It demonstrates the power of DNA, the smallest of building blocks, in creating surprisingly […]

Urban areas are responsible for 75% of greenhouse gas emissions, while rising temperatures significantly impact their liveability. They represent a natural integrator of several systems, including energy, water, buildings, and transport. As a matter of fact, they represent the ideal setting for implementing a coordinated, multi-sectoral response to climate changes leveraging digitalization as a systemic approach. UrbanTwin aims to develop and validate a holistic tool to support decision-makers in achieving environmental goals in Switzerland, such as […]