Co-creating sustainable neighborhoods focused on people through urban regeneration (WeGenerate), in other words, solutions for sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and accessible neighborhood regeneration enabling low-carbon lifestyle and business (Built4People). The project aims to bring elements of people and co-creation into urban regeneration processes. It fully embraces the paradigm shift from building for people to building with people. We - cities, citizens, communities, businesses, researchers, and practitioners - take responsibility for urban regeneration processes and jointly create sustainable, resilient, people-centered, inclusive, accessible, and beautiful neighborhoods.
Project Goal:
Using the example of four specific neighborhoods and their communities from different parts of Europe. Although they are at different stages of development and face different challenges, they share the same vision of positive change. WeGenerate will help them rediscover themselves and find new values and opportunities in this process.
Goal 1:
Create the "WeGenerate urban model", which establishes a common methodological approach to managing sustainable and inclusive urban regeneration processes.
Goal 2:
Support the implementation of integrated climate-neutral transformation within the urban regeneration process.
Goal 3:
Incorporate participatory planning into the urban regeneration process by involving all relevant stakeholders.
Goal 4:
Stimulate systemic changes through the expansion of innovations and the stimulation of structural reforms.
As society becomes increasingly urbanized and more reliant on technological innovations, it is essential to ensure that people and the planet are at the center of this development in a way that is sensitive to protecting, expanding, or reintroducing sustainable space amidst urban development.
Project Goal:
Initially focusing on renovating existing urban buildings and sites in a way that conserves resources and energy. Applying technological, business, and socio-economic innovations to stimulate the transition to net-zero energy buildings and energy-positive buildings, leading to a better understanding of how these sustainable renovations can be a catalyst for creating broader, more sustainable green building neighborhoods, thereby fostering thriving and sustainable communities.
The current environment of freight transport and logistics is undergoing an intense transformation process. Given the latest trends in digitization and electrification, these sectors must adapt to rapidly changing market structures and business models in logistics, as well as comply with legal and policy frameworks to minimize environmental impact and reduce CO2 emissions.
Project Goal:
Develop new methods and tools for the sustainable transformation of the freight transport and logistics sector and assess future policy requirements. The project provided a toolkit with freely accessible reports, tools, data, and use cases. This contributed to opening new opportunities and business models, primarily through targeted information and knowledge exchange, but also by combining research, policy analysis, and transport planning.
