Update: Foundation of PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH The aim of the project team is to support financial institutions and companies in better understanding, measuring and effectively reducing their impact on biodiversity and water resources. PanGeo Nature Risk Discussions with european financial institutions and industrial companies have shown that there is… Read More »Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics
“Design Your City” is an innovative virtual reality experience that enables new forms of participation in urban development. The aim is to actively involve the population and make changes in public spaces comprehensible to everyone. https://youtu.be/LwFxWWN4gmA Instead of presenting traditional plans, the virtual reality tool allows residents to experience planned… Read More »Design your city: A virtual reality experience for sustainable urban spaces
Project state closed Project start December 2022 Funding duration 14 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 66'000 BIOVAR: ASSESSING AND DIGITIZING RISK EXPOSURE RESULTING FROM BIODIVERSITY LOSS The ongoing SNSF-Innosuisse project www.spatial-sustainable-finance.ch is collecting and integrating multidimensional data to measure the dynamics of biodiversity in different… Read More »Biodiversity Value At Risk
A collaborative environment to embrace deep uncertainties in decision making on climate risks Project state closed Project start November 2021 Funding duration 27 months Universities involved UZH, ZHAW Practice partner City of Zurich, City of Winterthur, Swiss Re Funding amount DIZH CHF 238’622 DSS_Embrace aimed to enhance the capacity of… Read More »DSS_Embrace
Project state closed Project start October 2021 Funding duration 24 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Schweizerische Textilfachschule (STF); Image Wear AG; Swisstextiles; further associated partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 180'000 https://youtu.be/AXXiWaj6KqY The fashion industry is characterised by the mass production of homogeneous and standardised fashion items. Fast fashion attempts… Read More »Transformation of the textile industry from push to pull production through digitalization