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URBES at EGU24

Published:22.04.24 — Busy week in Vienna as URBES was involved in several sessions and presentations at the EGU General Assembly 2024!

The angiogenic growth of cities

Published:04.04.24 — A model of the growth of London and Sydney shows that cities develop in a similar way to biological systems – the study has been featured by The Telegraph, The Guardian, and others.

Marc Duran Sala joins URBES

Published:08.02.24 — Marc is the new PhD student of the laboratory

Urban heat islands have a health cost

Published:23.01.24 — A new study has produced the first cost estimate of the impact that urban heat islands have on human health. The study looked at 85 European cities over the course of three full years, meaning it also took into account the protection that heat islands offer in winter – an aspect that has been little studied until now.

Cities offer an array of opportunties for a sustainable future

Published:27.10.23 — Today, half of the world's population lives in urban areas. This is giving rise to major challenges in terms of securing a sustainable future – a topic that will be explored during the World Cities Day on 31 October. Here is an overview of EPFL research carried out in this field.

Workshop explores similarities between cities and natural systems

Published:16.09.23 — The workshop "Form and Function of Complex Systems" was held at EPFL on 13-15 September.

New project on nature-based solutions in humanitarian settlements

Published:23.08.23 — URBES has received funding from UNHCR and the Geneva Technical Hub to develop guidelines for green corridors and nature-based solutions in humanitarian settlements

Flux tower installed at UNIL/EPFL

Published:12.07.23 — A mobile flux tower has been installed on the rooftop of the Géopolis building (UNIL) as a proof-of-concept to monitor carbon, water, and energy fluxes in urban environments.

Yuxin Yin joins the lab

Published:12.07.23 — Yuxin is a new PhD student working at Eawag and EPFL. She will work on evaluating the impact of vegetation on thermal regulation in urban green spaces in Switzerland within the SNSF project PAPPUS. 

URBES at Positions 2023

Published:04.06.23 — URBES contributes to the exhibition “Positions: Transcalar Prospects in Climate Crisis” organised by EPFL Architecture (30 May – 28 July 2023, Archizoom)

Aldo Brandi joins the lab!

Published:04.06.23 — As a postdoc in the lab, Aldo will bring his expertise in urban climate modeling and boundary layer dynamics in complex terrains.

Open Days!

Published:30.04.23 — The URBES Laboratory at EPFL Open Days

URBES at EGU23

Published:29.04.23 — URBES Lab organized an interdisciplinary session at EGU General Assembly in Vienna and contributed with several presentations.

HESTIA – HEat STress Inquiry and Alleviation, project FNRS

Published:23.03.23 — The URBES Laboratory together with Prof. Maider Llaguno at UCLouvain, have been awarded a Weave funding (SNSF-F.R.S.-FNRS) for the project HESTIA – HEat STress Inquiry and Alleviation – in Brussels and Lausanne.

Guo-Shiua Lin joins the lab!

Published:01.03.23 — As a PhD student in the lab, Guo-Shiua will work on modeling complex urban systems within the FNRS-SNSF project urban HEat Stress Inquiry and Alleviation (HESTIA).

Six nominations and a promotion at ENAC School

Published:11.03.22 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of six news professors at ENAC School and promoted Associate Professor Rizlan Bernier-Latmani as Full Professor.