A Spanish research-intensive SME is looking for partners to work on HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-01

CYPE is a Spanish research-intensive SME dedicated to the development of technical software for architecture, engineering and construction professionals. Solutions based on open formats for many different areas (BIM, Digital Twins, Energy Efficiency, Architecture, MEP, LCA, Circular Economy, Cost Estimation, Structures, Urbanism, Industrialisation, etc.) With a staff of 200 professionals, CYPE has been involved in more than 30 research projects.

Rethinking urban spaces towards climate neutrality

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CIT-01-01

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:

• Development and implementation of solutions for a smart urban public space design and physical infrastructure planning and management across different areas related to the transport and integrated energy systems, which enable the integration of mobility services within the city and its street network and layout.
• Mobility and/or energy solutions that respond to people’s and cities’ needs co-designed with local authorities, citizens, and stakeholders, tested and implemented in cities to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
• Raise awareness on the potential of this policy area to support urban public space revitalization and reallocation as well as more economically viable and resilient urban environments.
• Improvement of public health with better local air quality, reducing the urban overheating and pollutant emissions (air and noise), with better conditions and infrastructure for active modes and increased liveability.
• Improve overall urban public space connectivity and the accessibility of different urban districts/neighbourhoods/industrial districts by integrating/embedding multimodality and shared services within the street/urban public space layout and infrastructure.
• More efficient and fair use of urban space through the dynamic management of space in general and of the curb side in particular, according to varying needs and functions, and with the help of digital tools.
• Contribution to a better use of vehicles (in particular public transport and active modes for passengers and for urban logistics), better use of car parking spaces for other usages, prioritising modes and shared mobility services which have the smallest impact on the public domain and environment.
• Reducing the pressure on public space thanks to reduced parking needs and integration of off-street space use in the overall public space concept.
• Creation of smart energy and/or transport services management in cities thanks to digitalisation and consumer awareness related to smart charging and energy demand response.
• Improving the planning of green infrastructures/green city zones, enhancing their capability to increase human restoration and well-being.
• Better preparedness of citizens and urban planners to shift from fossil to renewable energy and energy system integration to allow electrifying mobility, in ways that optimise the use of public space and budgets.

Scope:

With our cities being overly populated and dense, the scarcity of urban public space requires smart urban design, planning, management and prioritisation in urban space allocation to different uses, amenities, and services. From the reallocation of the urban public space to more sustainable forms of transport and energy generation and use, intermodal hubs, and interchanges to the dynamic management of the street profile and curb side, and the integration of suburban/peripheral areas in the general urban fabric and patterns, current and future research should aim to make urban public spaces more liveable while enabling better a connectivity, accessibility, social interaction, inclusion and transit in the context of a changing climate. Concepts like the “15-minute city” and “superblocks” are gaining momentum and have an enormous potential in shaping the urban planning and design practice and the mobility services based on the principle of proximity. This is supporting the efficient and green mobility goals, the transport and energy policies, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and the new EU Urban Mobility Framework.

Considering the optimisation of urban public spaces, aspects related to air quality and urban climate must be considered by designing strategies based on new technologies and green infrastructures/green city zones.

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call: https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1298861/rethinking-urban-spaces-towards-climate-neutrality?useNavigation=true