Research Studio

iSPACE Smart
Settlement Systems

We develop indicators and interactive web tools to make planning strategies more transparent and underpin them with figures and maps.

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The Research Studio iSPACE Smart Settlement Systems is working with research and business partners to develop indicators and interactive web tools so that planning strategies can be made more transparent and backed up with figures and maps. This creates a basis for strategy development and action planning to strengthen regional competitiveness and enables sustainable spatial developments to ensure quality of life. Cross-thematic trends and challenges of spatial development, such as climate change or demographic change, are given special consideration.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

iSPACE.forPLANNING

The department iSPACE.forPLANNING works as an international working group on the topics of Smart Settlement Systems. The team develops innovative spatial indicators, location assessment models and planning tools and competent contact for current socially relevant topics. Spatial analyses optimize decision-making processes and are applied in urban and regional planning, mobility planning, spatial research, location and infrastructure planning, and strategic corporate planning.

Research Focus “Smart Settlement Systems”

The integrative research focus “Smart Settlement Systems” combines the latest technologies with requirements from the fields of spatial development, mobility, energy, infrastructure, social affairs and also demography in a cross-system approach. In planning processes, buildings and urban districts are analyzed much more in the context of the respective location profiles and the surrounding infrastructure (networks). The aim is to find comprehensive and integrated solutions that take into account aspects of energy efficiency, environmentally compatible mobility, land consumption and the quality of life of citizens.

iSPACE Smart Energy Balances

for a sustainable economy in a secure, efficient and environmentally conscious energy supply.

The applied research projects of Smart Energy Balances address solutions to spatially motivated questions in the context of regional and supra-regional energy systems. They primarily serve decision-making processes in municipalities, institutions and the energy industry, which face major challenges – such as increasing energy demand, climate protection or geopolitical risks – in the context of their national and international interdependencies.

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APPLICATION AREAS AND BENEFITS

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T16:09:08+02:00

UGB (Urban Green Belts)

Urban Green Belts are able to filter pollutants from the air, reduce heat island effects or increase property values.

Patrick Junghuber2020-11-19T10:53:16+01:00

WohnMOBIL

The aim of the WohnMOBIL project is to promote a settlement and neighbourhood development that saves space, costs and traffic.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T16:57:03+02:00

Mobility Optimizer

Mobility Optimizer - Quality public transport services contribute significantly to maintaining individual mobility for all age groups.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T15:56:05+02:00

Centre of Alpine Building

The Alpine Building - Research and Transfer Centre acts as a know-how carrier for resource-saving and sustainable building.

Patrick Junghuber2020-07-28T12:20:00+02:00

UML DL Trassenanalyse

The Train Path Analysis project is concerned with the development of planning instruments for forward-looking planning of mobility offers.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-21T10:02:27+02:00

ASTUS

The current settlement development in the Alpine region leads to a limited mobility offer and an increase in motorised traffic.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-21T09:46:16+02:00

Bonsei!

The aim of the Bonsei project is to promote energy-efficient and socially acceptable redensification in urban residential buildings in private ownership.

Patrick Junghuber2024-10-23T14:27:27+02:00

Spatial Energy Planning

Spatial energy planning, has the potential to become a game-changer and becomes an important lever for the integration of innovative & sustainable heating technologies.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-21T10:08:38+02:00

Enerspired Cities

Enerspired Cities - implementing the decarbonisation of the existing energy system is becoming increasingly important. There are many ways to achieve this.

Patrick Junghuber2021-06-16T11:52:43+02:00

Living finds city!

Mehrgeschossige urbane Wohnsiedlungen in offener Bauweise bergen viele Verbesserungs- und Nachverdichtungspotenziale in sich, welche häufig nicht genutzt werden.

NEWS FROM THE RESEARCH STUDIO

RSA FG at the “Long Night of Research” in Salzburg and St. Pölten

Both Studio iSPACE and SDIS took the numerous visitors of the "Long Night of Research" (Lange Nacht der Forschung) into the world of their research, from geoinformatics to vertical indoor food production.

5G-MOBiS project showed advantages in the analysis of commute with 5G data

The aim of the 5G-MOBiS project was to use 5G data for traffic control as well as spatial and mobility planning.

RSA FG experts presented innovative digital tools in Carinthia

Climate-fit is the buzzword that municipalities are using to create new solutions for the design of neighborhoods and settlements and to counter the climate crisis. In Carinthia, part of the iSPACE team provided insights and examples of how this can work.

Our research team

Dr. Thomas PrinzStudio Manager

Thomas Prinz is Austria’s top expert for geographic information systems and meaningful indicators in the fields of mobility, spatial planning and sustainability.