Category: Open Data
AddLidar: Automated LiDAR Processing & 3D Visualization Platform
The AddLidar platform enables researchers at EPFL’s ESO laboratory to efficiently manage, process, and visualize massive airborne LiDAR datasets through a web-based interface. Built on a Kubernetes-based infrastructure, the system automates the pipeline from raw data ingestion to interactive 3D visualization, handling datasets exceeding 100GB with automated compression, conversion, and web optimization. Researchers can upload (…)
Atlas of Reused Concrete
Atlas of Reused Concrete is an online platform that centralizes and showcases data on construction projects using reused concrete, supporting the transition toward more circular and low-carbon building practices. Coordinated by EPFL’s Structural Xploration Lab, the project addresses the fragmentation of existing data that limits knowledge sharing and large-scale analysis. Developed within ENAC-IT4R, the platform (…)
Indoor Air Quality Database
The rapid growth of smart building technologies is revolutionizing how we monitor and improve indoor air quality (IAQ). To support this transformation, the Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL) is building the first open-source Global IAQ Database — a curated, standardized repository of IAQ data from decades of field measurements around the world. The approach: (…)
Masonry Microstructure Database
The Masonry Microstructure Database (MMS) platform is the first open-access repository of 3D microstructures of stone masonry walls. Masonry microstructure, defined by the geometry, size, shape, and spatial arrangement of individual stone units, significantly influences structural performance. The database currently includes 36 walls covering major masonry typologies. Twelve walls are real, built and scanned in (…)
Global Building Data Initiative
The Global Building Data Initiative (GBDI) is an international effort to improve sustainability in the built environment by making high quality building life cycle data openly accessible. Through its open source platform and unified data format (OpenBDF), GBDI enables consistent analysis and benchmarking of embodied and operational carbon, helping stakeholders make data driven decisions to (…)
CityTherm: A GIS- and Simulation-Based Educational Interface for Understanding Urban Heat Dynamics
CityTherm is a pedagogic tool developed for the Urban Thermodynamics course for Civil Engineering bachelor students. The resulting web app is split in two sections, each focused on different aspects of urban climate. The first one allows students to visualize spatial patterns in observed and calculated parameters related to urban heat at the scale of (…)
Polar Field Campaigns Map
The Polar Field Campaigns website is an interactive 2D/3D map of the Arctic and Antarctica that highlights locations where field observations were conducted, either at fixed stations or along icebreaker ship routes. It provides details on the types of measurements taken and makes the corresponding campaign data, available in open-access repositories like Zenodo and PANGAEA, (…)
Urban Traffic Data Visualization (w/ Efficient Big Data Processing)
Introduction to pNEUMA The pNEUMA Visualization Project, an initiative from EPFL’s Laboratory of Urban Transport Systems (LUTS), leverages advanced drone technology to capture and analyze urban traffic patterns in Athens. This project stands out for its focus on transforming extensive traffic data into accessible and actionable insights through a refined data processing pipeline. Objective and (…)
Precipitation Open Data In The Southern OCEAN For ATLACE
What is the project about? The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) was organised by the Swiss Polar Institute in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016 and 2017, with 22 different projects on board, ranging from chemistry to physics and biology. This was a special project as normally expeditions go repeatedly to one place (…)
Democratising Views: Open Visual Capital Data
Opening data from digital twins on building views can open the door to other research like urban health, well-being or inequities across regions.