Virtual testbed for strategic city and energy planning through integrated digital models

About the project

To achieve the energy transition required to reach the national and global climate goals, new and innovative energy system solutions are needed. At present, however, there is a strong path dependency in how urban environments and their energy and infrastructure systems are planned. The process is divided on a number of different actors and is only partially integrated. This also applies to the use of various digital tools for planning and operation of buildings and systems.

This project therefore aims to develop a virtual test bed integrating digital models and data from a number of different parts of the civil engineering and energy sectors. The tool will be an easy-to-use, directly applicable and at the same time strongly research-based digital tool that is useful for various actors within the field, but above all for actors who participate in an early strategic planning stage.

In the project, researchers at Uppsala University, specializing in buildings and energy systems for the built environment, collaborate with Uppsala Municipality on different future scenarios for new urban development projects such as Sydöstra stadsdelarna.