Research Studio

iSPACE Smart
Settlement Systems

We develop indicators and interactive web tools to make planning strategies more transparent and underpin them with figures and maps.

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The Research Studio iSPACE Smart Settlement Systems is working with research and business partners to develop indicators and interactive web tools so that planning strategies can be made more transparent and backed up with figures and maps. This creates a basis for strategy development and action planning to strengthen regional competitiveness and enables sustainable spatial developments to ensure quality of life. Cross-thematic trends and challenges of spatial development, such as climate change or demographic change, are given special consideration.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

iSPACE.forPLANNING

The department iSPACE.forPLANNING works as an international working group on the topics of Smart Settlement Systems. The team develops innovative spatial indicators, location assessment models and planning tools and competent contact for current socially relevant topics. Spatial analyses optimize decision-making processes and are applied in urban and regional planning, mobility planning, spatial research, location and infrastructure planning, and strategic corporate planning.

Research Focus “Smart Settlement Systems”

The integrative research focus “Smart Settlement Systems” combines the latest technologies with requirements from the fields of spatial development, mobility, energy, infrastructure, social affairs and also demography in a cross-system approach. In planning processes, buildings and urban districts are analyzed much more in the context of the respective location profiles and the surrounding infrastructure (networks). The aim is to find comprehensive and integrated solutions that take into account aspects of energy efficiency, environmentally compatible mobility, land consumption and the quality of life of citizens.

iSPACE Smart Energy Balances

for a sustainable economy in a secure, efficient and environmentally conscious energy supply.

The applied research projects of Smart Energy Balances address solutions to spatially motivated questions in the context of regional and supra-regional energy systems. They primarily serve decision-making processes in municipalities, institutions and the energy industry, which face major challenges – such as increasing energy demand, climate protection or geopolitical risks – in the context of their national and international interdependencies.

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APPLICATION AREAS AND BENEFITS

Maria Prchal2025-01-03T12:50:06+01:00

SAFARI

By analysing innovative data sources - and linking these with conventional data - SAFARI identifies barriers to access to sustainable mobility services, particularly for vulnerable groups in rural regions, and develops appropriate solutions for more inclusive provision and use of these services.

Maria Prchal2024-10-28T11:50:19+01:00

INNOVATOUR

Bedarfsgerechte touristische Mobilitätsbedarfe durch Dateninnovationen nachhaltig lenken

Patrick Junghuber2024-10-23T14:18:45+02:00

BONANZA – BONus Adapting to Sustainable Future Issues

Austria continues to consume too much land. For this very reason, inner development and redensification are becoming increasingly important for future housing creation.

Maria Prchal2024-10-28T11:14:56+01:00

LösungsWege

LösungsWege develops and implements innovative planning tools (based on national standards) for municipalities and regions that make it possible to measure local mobility patterns [...]

Michaela2024-10-23T14:46:51+02:00

PRIMA

Planning principles for integrated mobility services in on-demand transport specific to spatial types

Patrick Junghuber2023-03-24T12:32:47+01:00

Eneregio SOBOS

Application Details Runtime: Septmeber 1st, 2022 - August 31st, 2024 Our Expertise: Data Analytics Geoinformatics Spatial Data Visualization Studio: iSPACE SMART ENERGY [...]

Patrick Junghuber2023-02-07T10:19:36+01:00

Policy Lab

The project is intended to help accelerate the change towards a sustainable mobility system and climate neutrality.

Patrick Junghuber2022-12-13T10:13:49+01:00

Transformator:in

Application Details Term: September 1st, 2022-August 31st, 2026 Our Expertise: Data Analytics Geoinformatics Studio: iSPACE SMART SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS Client: [...]

Patrick Junghuber2022-06-09T12:08:37+02:00

ActNow

The goal of ActNow is to make the potential of active and sustainable mobility tangible for the individual, for companies, as well as for communities and planning. Through the possibilities offered by ICT the areas of commuting mobility accompanying routes for children, health promotion and environmental impact are to be brought together in order to make an important contribution to the promotion of active personal mobility.

Patrick Junghuber2022-06-09T11:58:06+02:00

Airport 4.0.

In this research project integrative accessibility and planning scenarios are developed for future-oriented mobility offers at the Salzburg Airport.

NEWS FROM THE RESEARCH STUDIO

Project chain GEL S/E/P develop methods for energy transition

Über sechs Jahre lang erstellten 24 Projektpartner*innen zuerst einen WÄRME-, und dann einen ENERGIEatlas, der bereits in drei Bundesländern eingesetzt wird.

iSPACE project on redensification at the Impact Days in Hallein

At the RENOWAVE.AT Impact Days in Hallein, the Innovation Lab cooperated for the first time with the Alpine Building Network and the SIR - [...]

Initiatives for sustainable travel and holidays meet in Zell am See

The Tourism Mobility Day in Zell am See offered networking on possible solutions for sustainable mobility in tourism. Here, 150 experts exchanged views on opportunities and challenges in times of climate change. Dagmar Lahnsteiner from Studio iSPACE and the Ultimob, Airport 4.0, PRIMA and SaMBA projects were also present.

Our research team

Dr. Thomas PrinzStudio Manager

Thomas Prinz is Austria’s top expert for geographic information systems and meaningful indicators in the fields of mobility, spatial planning and sustainability.