After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• understand the vision of "Positive Energy Districts" in general;
• repeat a workflow that was practised in an existing district ...
• ... that includes realizable transformations on the dimensions of heat, electricity and mobility;
• use methods of integrated spatial and energy planning, GIS and PED governance
• understand that not everything can be optimized anywhere, but to judge planning variations per settlement that may carry out a good environmental and social impact

Topics

• climate change
• energy saving
• renewable energy
• mobility
• urban and regional planning
• integrated planning approaches
• scenario- and backcasting methods
• energy governance 

Setup:  

A Group of about 30-45 Students will meet, learn and research together. There is one obligatory practice week in Bratislava and Trenčín (Slovakia) from 8th to 15th of May 2022, before and after that the groups are working online and/or in their country. We also will offer guest lectures during the practise week, and also before and after it. The course is held in English. Erasmus students are welcome and preferred in the application. The course week in Trencin will be held in presence, all meetings before and after as videoceonference (MS Teams).

The course is a cooperation of the following universities:

• University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. Coach: Hartmut Dumke. Main Course Expertise: Integrated Spatial and Energy Planning

• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia. Coach: Milan Husar. Main Course expertise: P.E.D.

• Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Coach: Aleksandar Djordjevic. Main course Expertise: GIS

Spatial Context
Bratislava and Trenčín, Slovakia, Settlement South (sidlisko Juh https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juh_(Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn)

Tasks for the groups (3 P per group, 1 each from AT, SR, SK)

• Overall development concept
• Display connections, relation to the surroundings, inside-outside
• Understand and display land use, building functions, public spaces, activities and new uses (both from NOW and in a FUTURE estate)
• Use social aspects, user groups, dynamics and appropriation of space to support the realizations
• Visiting and participating in lectures and workshops (via zoom or ms teams conferences) before and after the main seminar week

Organizational features:

The course will be organized via MS Teams- if you participate, make sure that you have an active MS ID (it's free!) and let us know it. We will use MS Teams for up- and downloads, video conferencing, and ongoing text channel conversation.

• district inventory
• visioneering and backcasting
• governance analysis
• future congress (plenum presentations and - discussions)

Updates (25.02.2022):

• We extended our registration phase till 13.03.2022! 
• due to the course topics and many applications, we will prefer master students.
• But it is already very highly probable that the course will be. 
• What you can prepare already is a user id with MS Teams, because this will be our most important communication platform- you will receive invitations.
• The intensive workshop week in Trencin will be set up in presence there, and ONLY in presence. This week is not replacable with any online course. Anyway, in case of another Covid wave, it may be postponed. 
• We will accounce the current Covid entry regulations for the Slovak Republic in time as well.

The course sessions will take place in presence mode. Please follow TU Wien regulations. Changes due to the coronavirus pandemic may occur.

• A mental map of the ideas
• Poster presentations at the end of the week in SK
• Presentation at the end of the workshop
• Visonary Result Report
• ...further products to be announced ...

10-15 students from Vienna, Austria

10-15 students from Belgrade, Serbia

10-15 students from Bratislava, Slovakia