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Dr Natalia Borzino's findings in Project HeatSafe highlighted the high cost of heat on productivity and the economy.  

In December 2023, Cooling Singapore's work was featured in two video news reports on Germany's ARD TV and Turkiye's TRT World.  

SEC’s Microalgae project’s partners create calamarai rings using Microalgae and Mung Bean protein.

Bianca Wassmann from SEC's Mircoalgae Project analyses what can be done for Asian consumers to accept lab-grown meat in an article for 360info.

Dr Kristina Orehounig and Cooling Singapore's SMaRTy team where featured in Channel 8's current affairs programme Frontline on 9 Dec.   

The new ‘Urban Microalgae-Based Protein Production’ project is set to establish a resilient and sustainable agri-food platform, in a step towards more sustainable food systems and greater food security.

Assoc. Prof. Winston Chow and Dr Juan Angel Acero explain why greenery and clean energy are needed to tackle urban heat in the CNA documentary Tomorrow City.

Dr Heiko Aydt and Dr Juan Angel Acero explain the technological tools and urban interventions being developed in Cooling Singapore in an interview for RIE News.  

The Digital Underground project, in collaboration with Singapore Land Authority, is recognised for excellence in subsurface mapping at the geospatial and BIM conference.

Greening keeps Singapore cool, but other measures are necessary to mitigate anthropogenic heat. Dr Dan Richards and Prof. Gerhard Schmitt share insights in a Bloomberg Citylab article.

Geospatial World featured SEC's research to application project, with the aim of supporting the development of a reliable digital twin of existing and future subsurface utilities in Singapore.

How do we adapt and mitigate warmer temperatures from global warming and urbanisation in Singapore? Prof. Gerhard Schmitt and Prof. Winston Chow share ideas from Cooling Singapore.

Science programme Galileo host Stefan Gödde zooms in to Singapore and discovers how the Singapore-ETH Centre to is helping to tackle urban challenges, such as heat and mobility.

Prof. Gerhard Schmitt discusses why it is important to understand a city’s sources of heat to better address the heat challenge and share findings from Cooling Singapore to cool cities.

Prof. Winston Chow answers the big questions about the science behind climate change on episode one of Channel News Asia's "The Climate Conversations" podcast series.

In a CNA news segment, Prof. Winston Chow and Dr Jimeno Fonseca describe what contributes to the urban heat island effect and how it can be mitigated with strategies such as district energy.

A Straits Times opinion article describes the Cooling Singapore project and discusses the importance of being environmentally responsible citizens to complement the scientific research being done.

How can pedestrian comfort be improved? Dr Alexander Erath, Prof. Bige Tuncer and Dr Michael van Eggermond share their insights in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) Skyline magazine.

In its second phase, the Cooling Singapore team is developing a digital urban climate twin to enable climate-sensitive urban design to improve thermal comfort, liveability and sustainability.

Dr Dan Richards and co-authors found that the loss of global carbon stocks from mangrove deforestation is not as dire as previously portrayed, with implications for carbon credit schemes.

Dr Heiko Aydt and Dr Jimeno Fonseca spoke on German radio WRD5 about the price of air conditioning and how they are attempting to alleviate urban heating through science.

"The art of doing repurposing in the smart way is to know exactly what, in your context, is asked for" says Prof. Gerhard Schmitt in Climate Control Middle East.

As the Singapore-ETH Centre celebrates our 10th anniversary, director Professor Gerhard Schmitt and managing director Thomas Rufener share their recipe for the centre’s success.

Repurposing old buildings appropriately is a means to reduce waste of building materials and improve environmental sustainability, says Prof Gerhard Schmitt in Climate Control Middle East.

Vegetation can bring temperatures down as much as 6°C in Singapore. Prof. Peter Edwards explains how on ChannelNews Asia.

Coastal engineering solutions are the backbone of coastal protection strategies, but nature also provides benefits that could help us mitigate and adapt to climate change, said Assoc. Prof. Dan Friess.

The Straits Times featured building and design strategies to mitigate the urban heat and lower reliance on air-conditioning, as discussed by Professor Gerhard Schmitt and an expert panel at a CLC lecture.

The Business Times Swiss National Day issue celebrates the success of ETH Zurich as the top university in Continental Europe and the strong links with Singapore through the Singapore-ETH Centre.

The IPBES report shows that biodiversity loss is taking place at a global scale. Yet, local initiatives can bring about a positive change, wrote Prof Peter Edwards and Justine Saunders for The Straits Times.

Prof Gerhard Schmitt talks about how "Cooling Singapore" tries to mitigate the urban heat island effect, while Lea Ruefenacht speaks to residents to understand their perception of outdoor comfort.

Mangroves can store 5 times as much carbon as other habitats and are super carbon storage, says Assoc Prof Dan Friess, PI of Natural Capital Singapore in the Channel NewsAsia programme Tipping Point.

Shin Min Daily featured the Cooling Singapore project's efforts to find solutions for urban warming as mentioned by the Minister of National Development Mr Lawrence Wong.

TODAY featured the novel radiant cooling technology developed by the Cold Tube team as a way to beat the outdoor heat in humid Singapore without air conditioning.

Prof Gerhard Schmitt explained the urban heat island effect in Singapore and how to mitigate it on Channel NewsAsia's Why It Matters.

Dr Dan Richards, principal investigator of Natural Capital Singapore explains the importance of valuing our natural capital in the National Research Foundation publication.

Prof. Gerhard Schmitt discusses innovative solutions developed at the Singapore-ETH Centre, the drive towards "Smart Nation" and insights on AI and other technology with Tech Coffee House.

Prof. Winston Chow, principal investigator of Cooling Singapore, discusses our vulnerability against urban heat island effect, rising sea levels and effects of climate change in an article in the Straits Times.

Lianhe Zaobao featured the launch of the national-scale Natural Capital Singapore project that is crucial in developing a tool to unify standards to accurately measure the value of natural ecological capital.

Natural Capital Singapore seeks to answer how much Singapore's forests, parks, waterways, and coastal and marine habitats are worth, TODAY reports.

The new project Natural Capital Singapore would further enrich existing tools and techniques, helping planners and developers visualise data on the benefits of natural capital.

Phys.org featured Christophe Girot's three-month long seminar which saw his students from ETH develop design solutions for the UHI effect along the Green Corridor in Singapore.

Managing director of the Singapore-ETH Centre, Dr Remo Burkhard, speaks to the Business Times about ETH Zurich's activities in Singapore through the centre, such as the Cooling Singapore project.

TODAY featured Cooling Singapore's approach of engaging citizens to help the team better understand the residents' perception of outdoor thermal comfort, in a bid to improve it.

The Cooling Singapore project makes it to the top of the news in The Straits Times for its range of strategies to beat the heat and its approach of getting government agencies onboard its ambitious plan.

Prof Peter Edwards writes in the Diplomatic Courier of the need to tackle the Urban Heat Island effect and how the Cooling Singapore project is playing a role in this.

11 Mar | Prof Gerhard Schmitt speaks to show host of The Big Question on CNA about the importance of the Internet of Things being centred on people.

18 July | Cities can learn from one another’s experiences, said Professor Peter Edwards, Director of Singapore-ETH Centre at the Commonwealth Science Conference 2017.

Cooling Singapore featured in TODAY as an “ambitious” project to tackle urban heat island effect.

"Many of the issues faced by Singapore and other societies today are social-technical in nature. Having policymakers equipped with a knowledge in science and technology will be essential..."

"Good Design is important to translate scientifically sound solutions into plans that are socially and economically viable," Prof Peter Edwards tells TODAY.