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
In the project, researchers from the ZHAW (School of Engineering, Social Work, Life Sciences and Facility Management) and the ZHdK (Knowledge Visualization) are creating and investigating an innovative tool for participatory design processes. This offers residents and decision-makers the opportunity to virtually experience and participate in the design of a… 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 239'000 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