LEGO Urban planner: What is the LEGO urban climate game?

Lesley De Cruz; Andrei Covaci; Mohamed Firas Kooli; Camelia El Bakkali

LEGO Urban planner: What is the LEGO urban climate game?

Lesley De Cruz, Andrei Covaci, Mohamed Firas Kooli, Camelia El Bakkali

Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

Abstract

You’ve probably already noticed: our climate is changing! Extreme weather such as heat waves become more severe and more frequent. During summer, these heat waves can lead to higher temperatures in cities compared to rural areas. This is called the urban heat island effect. In short, between the concrete and the asphalt you feel the heat more, especially at night! High temperatures and heat stress can lead to health problems. But what would happen if we converted all the car parks into parks?

With the LEGO urban climate game, you are the architect of the future. Build your miniature city with LEGO, and with the help of artificial intelligence, you can immediately see the impact of buildings, greenspace and water on the temperature. Can you make your neighbourhood climate-resistant?

Original language	English
Media of output	website
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2024

Keywords

urban climate
machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Climate adaptation
Urban climate adaptation
Citizen science
outreach
Innoviris

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LEGO Urban planner: What is the LEGO urban climate game?

Abstract

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BRGEOZ440: ILSF 2024 - Build your climate-proof LEGO city

Machine learning-based emulation of land cover effects at sub-hectometric scale using crowd-sourced weather observations

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LEGO Urban planner: What is the LEGO urban climate game?

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Projects

BRGEOZ440: ILSF 2024 - Build your climate-proof LEGO city

Research output

Machine learning-based emulation of land cover effects at sub-hectometric scale using crowd-sourced weather observations

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