- ITL - TU Dortmund

Background

Due to spatial concentration, urban spaces are subject to highly dynamic processes that are additionally ignited by global megatrends (including technology and climate change). Urban production sites create innovations, jobs and prosperity but cause resource and energy flows and trigger permanent construction activities. The actors involved are confronted with new challenges, conflicts and the need for cooperation - economically, ecologically and socially. The aim is to synergistically combine the already highly developed, resource-efficient adaptation of the individual urban modules and to implement additional efficiency potentials for a sustainable city-factory system.

The project aims to increase the resource efficiency of the city-factory-system by linking resource flows of different originators, users and producers in a meaningful way (taking into account economic, ecological and social contexts). Together with relevant stakeholders in the city-factory system, areas of conflict and opportunities for cooperation are analysed and innovation and efficiency potentials are developed through appropriate measures.

Building on a deep understanding of the "urban factory" and shared resources (such as land, knowledge, etc.) developed in the previous project, this project will identify further exchange potential in the focus regions in Braunschweig and Wolfsburg, derive data-based measures to increase resource efficiency and establish a network as a best practice.

The Institute of Transport Logistics at TU Dortmund University is responsible for the resources and measures related to transport and logistics. The goal is to develop transport models to evaluate individual transport and logistics measures and their effects on other actors and, based on this, to derive adaptation options for resource efficiency.

Procedure

For the achievement of the project goals and the structured research process, the work plan is divided into five work packages (WP) and distributed among the partners according to expert knowledge and backgrounds in technological, organisational, scientific and political implementation. The research project is an as interdisciplinary collaboration between the respective actors in the areas.

The WP includes, for example, the analysis of the focus regions, the development and implementation of measures and methods, and the identification of innovative business models for urban production.

Targeted Results

The research project aims to apply the previously identified urban production measures. The measures are intended to increase resource efficiency and the acceptance of urban production locations. In addition, validation and development of transfer products are to take place so that the entire project as a use case acquires a general lighthouse for urban production.

Website: urbanfactorynetwork.de

Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen

Funding

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Partners

TU Braunschweig
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Institute of Construction Design, Industrial and Health Care Building
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Arch. M. Arch. Carsten Roth
Contact: Dipl.-Ing. Michael Bucherer

TU Braunschweig
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology
Chair of Sustainable Manufacturing and Life Cycle Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Herrmann
Contact: M. Sc. Sina Rudolf