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Results from M-NEX help policy makers redesign urban environments to lower CO2 emissions

15 November 2021

Many cities need to drastically lower their CO2 emissions whilst meeting an ever-growing demand for carbon intensive resources. The M-NEX (Movable Nexus) project argues that by focusing on their food, water, and energy systems (FEW), cities can create circular economies and simultaneously reduce their carbon emissions. We interviewed Professor Wanglin Yan, the project coordinator for M-NEX, about the methodology and tools they developed.

Vertical Greening is a low-cost source of food, energy, and building cooling

15 October 2021

The Vertical Green 2.0 project has developed tools to predict the cooling potentials of vertical greenings and their water demands to better understand and manage vertical greening as a viable source of food and energy. “What makes vertical greening so interesting is that it can contribute to numerous urban transitions”, says one of the project coordinators Karin Hoffmann. The project results help answer one of the big questions on this topic, namely why vertical greening has not been applied on a large scale before despite its promising nature.

Food for the city – from the city: Results from CITYFOOD

28 September 2021

Upscaled aquaponics (the water-reusing production of ﬁsh and crops) can produce a relevant contribution to a city’s sustainability. The project CITYFOOD investigates the potential of upscaled urban aquaponics to meet the demands of growing urban population. The project developed different models and utilised living labs in Brazil, Norway, and Germany.

Engage, apply, transform: the Syncity toolbox is now available

28 September 2021

How to make urban transformation truly engaging, just and sustainability-oriented? The toolbox produced in the frame of the project Syncity – Synergetic Cities for Europe- offers many innovative concepts and practical hands-on ideas. Based on lessons learnt from the city quarter of Cureghem in Brussels, it is especially valuable for arrival areas and disadvantaged neighbourhoods in European cities and beyond. The vision: cities in balance with natural resources, where residents, no matter their socio-economic or cultural background, can live, work and learn in synergy with the place, growing and renewing it together.

Global circular economy experiments: Reducing inefficiencies in the urban food-energy-water nexus

28 September 2021

Curious to learn about more about urban waste systems and sustainability? The WASTE FEW ULL project works with an outreach campaign to reduce waste production and promote efficient use of resources. Visit the website to learn more about the Urban Learning Labs, watch seminars, get educational materials and view published articles.

New perspectives on green energy production expansion for Water-Energy-Food nexus synergies

28 September 2021

There is now a prospect for complementary production of renewable energy to stimulate water, energy, and food nexus synergies – read the new paper by METABOLIC.

Designing new services and policies on tradable credits schemes, automated vehicles, car sharing and cycling – Results from U-PASS

20 June 2021

Achieving a sustainable and reliable transport system is among the key challenges that contemporary cities face; in China, in Europe, and beyond.

Towards a joint assessment of environmental impacts of roads – New paper by the HERMES project

20 June 2021

The international project HERMES focuses on emission reduction potential and management strategies for urban road system. It is a collaboration between project

With the right tools, complexity is not a barrier to implement urban sustainability in the food-water-energy nexus

3 June 2021

If policy makers are provided with decision-making tools that reduce the complexity of food, water, and energy systems, they can integrate these

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