Research and Innovation at Werner Sobek: Microclimate

As a result of man-made climate change, extreme weather events are occurring more frequently. In addition, heat islands are forming more and more frequently in summer, especially in our cities. These not only cause significantly higher temperatures in the inner cities, but even endanger people’s health.

What can we do as planners to counteract this? And what role do research and innovation play in this area?

This is where sustainability experts like our colleague Vanessa Propach are needed. She is working on the question of how the microclimate in urban spaces can be positively influenced. An important tool for this are simulations that are carried out with the help of specially developed programmes. This allows building groupings and urban quarters to be optimised climatically at a very early planning stage.

But certification systems for recording the resilience of urban structures as well as research projects on the influence of green building envelopes are also helping Vanessa Propach to come ever closer to the goal of a built environment that is as sustainable as possible.

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