Climate Insight
Cities are getting hotter, but most do not know where heat hits hardest. Climate Insight identifies urban heat islands and thermal stress risks, simulates mitigation actions and monitors their results.
Cities face growing pressure from rising temperatures and heat waves, driven by climate change and rapid urbanization. Planners and local governments find it hard to decide which interventions to prioritize, whether greening, reflective surfaces or urban redesign. They also lack a reliable way to measure the effect of those interventions and demonstrate their results.
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What sets it apart
Climate Insight calculates the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) and maps Urban Heat Islands (UHI) at neighbourhood and street level, with green spaces, tree canopy, water bodies and surface materials analysed together. Cities can simulate the cooling impact of a plan before they take action.
What you gain
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Integrate heat risk into zoning, development and renovation, and simulate new projects.
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Find high-risk zones and choose cooling solutions: tree canopy, reflective surfaces, water.
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Understand the thermal impact of materials, layouts and renovations.
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Invest in green infrastructure where the cooling benefit is greatest.
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Understand how heat islands evolve and build long-term adaptation plans.
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Measure whether actions delivered the expected reduction in thermal stress.
Technical innovation
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Thermal comfort estimation
The heat people actually feel, not only air or surface temperature.
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Multi-source data fusion
Satellite imagery, IoT sensors, GIS and municipal datasets in a single view.
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Vulnerability maps
Identify at-risk populations and areas, to target action.
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Cooling scenarios
Test cooling options before you build.
Main features
From satellite imagery, IoT sensors and GIS data, at neighbourhood and street level.
How materials and layouts contribute to heat retention.
Tree canopy, green space distribution and surface materials.
Past and present trends to identify long-term heat island patterns.
Impact of infrastructure changes, green spaces and new materials.
Explore patterns in space and time.
Questions about our products, services or partnerships? We are always looking to strengthen our impact in smart cities by joining forces.