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 cities (Geneva and Zurich) and of a neighborhood.
The second section showcased here displays the results of complex simulations across many scenarios with the goal of analyzing the impact of different urban design decisions on the wellbeing of the citizens. The tool includes 3D visualizations of the setup of each simulation, and pages dedicated to explore and compare slices of the data and temporal variations across many variables.
The development of CityTherm is a collaborative effort between ENAC-IT4R (responsible of building the web app and the data post-processing of the simulation results) and the Integrated Comfort Engineering (ICE) laboratory, funded by the Digital Resources for Instruction and Learning (DRIL) Fund.