More and more people are choosing to live in cities and the UN predicts that 68% of people will live in cities by 2050, compared to 55% today. In Germany, three out of four people already live in cities. In addition,
people in cities use a large share of the resources. Since the migration to cities will not decrease, the question arises of how life in the city can be made as resource-efficient and sustainable as possible. Hence, the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 focuses on sustainable cities. In the joint project R2Q, measures for more efficient water management as well as material, land and energy use are developed for two urban districts in the city of Herne (North Rhine-Westphalia). These neighborhoods were selected because their structure is representative of many urban areas in Germany. The Chair of Sustainable Engineering is responsible for creating and applying a method to assess the resource efficiency of the applied measures and ensuing transformation scenarios. District-specific data is collected with the help of the project partners. The evaluation method should allow the optimization of resources used for the measures and make visible synergies and conflicting goals. The aim of the project is to create a resource plan that helps municipalities transform towards resource-efficient urban districts. The plan should also be applicable beyond Herne.
The specific goals of the Chair of Sustainable Engineering are:
Client: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Duration 03/2019 – 02/2022
Project partners:
Topics: sustainable cities, resource efficiency
More information:
Project homepage: https://www.fh-muenster.de/forschungskooperationen/r2q/index.php
Contact person:
MSc. Rosalie Arendt
Room: Z 205
E-mail: arendt(at)tu-berlin.de
Tel: +49 (0) 30 314-25083