Cooling Singapore
Cooling Singapore is a multi-disciplinary research project dedicated to developing solutions to address the urban heat challenge in Singapore.
In the current phase of the project, the team will develop an island-wide Digital Urban Climate Twin (DUCT) in Singapore by integrating relevant computational models (environmental, land surface, industrial, traffic, building energy) as well as regional- and micro-scale climate models. Building on work done in earlier phases, the team will work closely with government agencies to explore the heat effects of buildings, transport and industry.
The DUCT will feature a sophisticated graphical user interface that is designed to support its users in conducting simulation experiments and exploring what-if scenarios. Insights gained can be used by urban planners and policymakers as part of their decision-making processes. To ensure relevance, the team is developing the DUCT Explorer app in close collaboration with Singapore government agencies.
The multi-institutional project is led by the Singapore-ETH Centre, in partnership with the Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), TUMCREATE (established by the Technical University of Munich), National University of Singapore (NUS), and Cambridge CARES.
This research is supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore, Prime Minister’s Office, under its CREATE programme.