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Understand the great artist’s legacy with the help of augmented reality technology
This is evident from the Regional Competitive Index (RCI) published by the European Commission
This will be another boost to digitalization, but this time using a stick rather than a carrot
This is evident from the Regional Competitive Index (RCI) published by the European Commission
To have a chance at the title, municipalities need to work with people between 14 and 29 to create a joint and coherent policy programme
President Macron has unveiled a water-conservation plan in view of a possibly arid summer ahead
Ready for stage two: 30 youngsters from Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania will spread best practices from Germany and Portugal and build up media literacy in their home countries
The city wants new approaches to developing the urban environment and is willing to fund the best solutions
The platform allows the visualization of future additions to the city and to predict whether they make the city more pedestrian-friendly
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The city has learned a lot from an ongoing project for a solar roof on the Altonaer Museum
Sântana has only 11,000 residents, yet several municipal buildings will get connected to a renewable geothermal reservoir deep underground
These were the original carriages used when the Polish capital’s subway was launched in 1995
With a decline in passengers due to Covid-19 and the energy crisis, among other factors, the city will focus on increasing the quality of service
The new regulation focuses on codifying buskers’ do’s and don'ts, including the prohibition of lewd and racist songs
The platform allows the visualization of future additions to the city and to predict whether they make the city more pedestrian-friendly
The new regulation focuses on codifying buskers’ do’s and don'ts, including the prohibition of lewd and racist songs
The city is giving everyone who turns 16 this year a 100-euro voucher to be spent on art supplies or cultural events
To have a chance at the title, municipalities need to work with people between 14 and 29 to create a joint and coherent policy programme
The city is giving everyone who turns 16 this year a 100-euro voucher to be spent on art supplies or cultural events
While the new health policy will fund the morning-after pill and various progesterone treatments, it will not cover condoms
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The Biotope City Wienerberg is the first project in the world to win the Greenpass Platinum award
Around 2,000 residents now live in Vienna’s new Favoritner district, also known as The Biotope City Wienerberg and the place is already an international showcase eco-project. According to mathematical projections, air passing through the district should lower its temperature by 2°C by virtue of the greenery installed on and around the buildings.
980 of the district’s apartments are inhabited and two-thirds of those are subsidized, providing a low cost, eco-friendly housing alternative for the city of Vienna.
The new Favoritner Quartier is located at a former Coca-Cola factory site on Triester Straße, near a park and lake area called Wienerberg. It is surrounded by a high-rise business park in the west and mostly single-family houses in the east. In the south, there is an area of 123 hectares boasting an impressive urban lake.
Construction began in the summer of 2017, with the city's funding amounting to around 32 million euros with total construction costs of around 100.5 million euros (subsidized residential projects).
The project is the first to be awarded the Greenpass Platinum, because of its concept of covering the whole area - buildings included - in greenery.
Greenpass provides municipalities and developers with the right tools and expertise to make sustainable decisions on climate, water, air, biodiversity, energy and costs, to manage microclimates in an urban environment. Favoritner is recognised as an overachiever in all of these departments.
IBA_Wien construction site tour Biotope City,
Source: Jennifer Fetz, © IBA_Wien
Greenpass used its know-how during the development of the Biotope City to achieve the highest possible climate impact with the least resources. According to mathematical models and estimations at this time, the maximum climate impact provides a cooling effect of 2°C.
What this means is that air passing through the district will cool by 2 degrees thanks to the extensive greenery. From there the airflow will disperse into the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Walter Koch, a board member of the developer Wien-Süd, claimed in a press release: “The city of the future must be built more densely, but it also needs a connection to nature for its residents and a cooling response to global warming".
IBA_Wien construction site tour Biotope City,
Source: Jennifer Fetz, © IBA_Wien
The new district in Favoriten is a continuation and a contemporary implementation of the visionary goals of the architect Harry Glück, who has been responsible for many innovative residential buildings in recent decades.
In 2022, the IBA Wien (International Building Exhibition) will present the most exciting projects for social living in the Vienna of the future over a period of about five months. The Biotope City Wienerberg as one of the flagship projects in the field of climate adaptation and sustainability should not be missing from that agenda.
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To have a chance at the title, municipalities need to work with people between 14 and 29 to create a joint and coherent policy programme
President Macron has unveiled a water-conservation plan in view of a possibly arid summer ahead
Understand the great artist’s legacy with the help of augmented reality technology
The platform allows the visualization of future additions to the city and to predict whether they make the city more pedestrian-friendly
Ready for stage two: 30 youngsters from Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania will spread best practices from Germany and Portugal and build up media literacy in their home countries
City officials found that simple messages about respecting residents’ sleep were most effective if coupled with the right presentation
The new regulation focuses on codifying buskers’ do’s and don'ts, including the prohibition of lewd and racist songs
President Macron has unveiled a water-conservation plan in view of a possibly arid summer ahead
The platform allows the visualization of future additions to the city and to predict whether they make the city more pedestrian-friendly
The new regulation focuses on codifying buskers’ do’s and don'ts, including the prohibition of lewd and racist songs
To have a chance at the title, municipalities need to work with people between 14 and 29 to create a joint and coherent policy programme
The city is giving everyone who turns 16 this year a 100-euro voucher to be spent on art supplies or cultural events
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
A talk with the head of Mission Zero Academy on the benefits for municipalities if they go the zero waste way
A talk with Nicolae Urs, one of the key figures behind the city's new data platforms and online services strategy
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
