DAS: Climate adaptation in Ulm through sensor-based Internet of Things (ioT) applications - Research project
Promotion of measures for adaptation to climate change
The heat in Ulm is unbearable. Good that there is a new overview for the city: quickly check, in the Friedrichsau on the River Donau it is still pleasantly cool and also not so full. Only the UV radiation under the trees there is high.
So put on plenty of lotion and off we go. But don’t forget to quickly water the urban tree in front of the building beforehand. The sensor is already indicating deep red. But more water than last time so that the sensor in the deeper soil layer really does jump to green. A short detour is also necessary – the cycle path along the River Donau is still flooded after the heavy rainfall in recent days.
Climate change and adaptation to the associated changes are urgent topics in municipalities. In the project currently funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit), in the next one and a half years, bifa and the University of Ulm will be examining how the use of inexpensive sensors, e.g. for temperature, UV radiation or soil moisture can support adaptation to climate change in urban areas. Citizens will be involved in order to identify and implement useful applications for sensors.
The practical partner is the City of Ulm, which since 2016, was one of the first three cities worldwide to have LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide-Area Network) coverage of its entire area, with which climate-relevant data recorded by sensors can be transmitted.
After the kick-off meeting of the project partners in July 2022, the initial contact with Ulm’s citizens was established on Green Parking Day on 17 September 2022. In the next step, interviews will be held with local stakeholders to examine possible further fields of application for sensors. The results of the interviews will then be further enhanced and consolidated within the scope of an online survey and ideas workshop.
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Funding code:: 67DAS223
Support programme: Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel
Funding priority 3: Kommunale Leuchtturmvorhaben sowie Aufbau von lokalen und regionalen Kooperationen
Project duration: 2022 - 2025
Homepage Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (BMUV)
Homepage Z-U-G: Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawandels
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