klimaaktiv: Climate-active Districts

The present project is embedded in the climate protection initiative klimaaktiv of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the market share of climate-friendly technologies and services. As part of the Austrian Climate Strategy, climate protection activities, measures and tools in the areas of construction and renovation, energy saving, renewable energy and mobility are being developed and implemented. Successful research projects in the area of climate protection are an essential part of the climate protection initiative to achieve the objectives of the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21), such as limiting global warming by possibly 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels. In addition, effective activities and tools (such as the Austrian Climate Protection Prize, Ecological Footprint) are important.

In the course of the project, “visions” of climate-active districts were sketched and criteria for sustainable housing concepts taken up in order to create an image that is tangible for the population. The main objective of the project was the visual description of everyday situations of residents of sustainable residential areas through several short video clips. The main clip introduces the topic and addresses fundamental issues related to environmental sustainability. Three sub-clips based on this provide additional topic-specific content on the sub-topics of mobility, social issues and building quality.
The final output was initial visual information sources, providing viewers with an easy, memorable and condensed form of entry into the topic of sustainable living quarters as well as enabling living in such an environment, thereby ideally sparking interest in sustainable living and lifestyles.

Students involved in the project:
Joe Beeg (WU), Tino Blondiau (BOKU), Charlotte Mann (University of Vienna), Ronald Singer (WU), Theo Spiess (University of Vienna), Anna Stimpfl (BOKU), Winnie Wendelin (TU)

Contact klimaaktiv:
Katharina Kowalski: katharina.kowalski@bmlfuw.gv.at