Five German Decision-Makers from different Dimensions of the Project visited Hashtgerd shortly before the Christmas Break for a Conference with the Iranian partners in order to set the course of the Young Cities Project for 2010. Beside the Conference the delegation members had the opportunity to get a picture of the progression of the New [...]
Jan Grunwald, research associate at the Department Design and Structure at the Technische Universität Berlin, just visited the New Quality Pilot Project, which is currently under construction in Hashtgerd and will approximately be finished in March, 2010. In several dialogues the responsible Iranian engineers overviewed the progression of the construction and discussed questions of the [...]
In the framework of the International ISOCARP congress in Porto from 18th to 22th Oct. 2009, Sebastian Seelig, research associate at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Technische Universität Berlin presents the experiences of Low Carbon Housing in Hashtgerd within the Young Cities Project.
To get to the abstract please follow the link:
http://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/1480.pdf
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Hamburg, 09/09/09. Prof. Dr. Schäfer introduced the Young Cities Research Project to the international audience at the conference „Research for Sustainability – One Step Further“ at the Prototyp Museum Hamburg. The aim of the conference was to strengthen the collaboration of politics, science and industry for the generation of sustainable innovation. 400 international experts discussed [...]
The 53rd International Federation for Housing and Planning World Congress was held 6–9 September 2009 in Berlin on the theme ‘Urban Technologies for Urban Sustainability: Climate Change and Energy Efficiency’. In the context of the congress Dr. Farshad Nasrollahi, research associate in the field of building technology and design at the Technische Universität Berlin contributed [...]
The Young Cities Project welcomes 10 scholarship holders who are going to contribute interesting contemporary fields of research in the framework of the project within the forthcoming 3 years. We are looking forward to the research results of:
Dr. Mona Navab Motlagh
Dr. Mahta Mirmoghtadaee
Mrs. Ghazaleh S. Hossein Jasbi
Mrs. Shabnam Teimourtash
Prof. Dr. Nader Haghani
Dr. Mohammadreza [...]
The Project Advisory Board was established on occasion of a Project Status Seminar held on June,
11th 2009 in Berlin.
The highly experienced Board members include:
Prof. F. Behrendt (professor, Institute for Energy Engineering and spokesperson of the Innovation Centre for Energy, TU Berlin)
Prof. O. Edenhofer (Representative Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) ,
Dr. [...]
The Young Cities Project presents first results and its activities at the Berlin Long Night of Sciences event on Saturday, June 13th 2009. Presentations include posters, films, models, Project members ready to inform about the Project as well as an opportunity for model construction for energy-efficient urban design targeted at children including photo documentation. [...]
The INTI and the Young Cities Project agreed on occasion of a visit of INTI director Mrs. Michelle Provoost on cooperation in a.o. exchanging of research and PhD related to New Town development, and a design studio on 21st century New Town planning. www.newtowninstitute.org
The KLS, an UNESCO Associated School, and the Young Cities Project concluded a Cooperation Agreement on awareness raising and education projects related to energy-efficient consumption and lifestyles. www.koenigin-luise-stiftung.de
