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Urban tree canopy
Trees and greenery in urban densely populated areas have many positive effects. Among them are lowering the heat effects of hot summer days, regulating the humidity and quality of the air, and providing a home to species like birds and…
Commercial action against urban heat islands
One of the most overheated spots in urban areas are commercial centres, supermarkets, and outdoor shopping malls. Flat open roofs and large parking lots bare of any shade mark the concrete wasteland of such urban features. Additionally, a high volume…
Exploring Plant-Human Interaction Through Dance: SUTEE Project at Oviedo’s Campoamor Theater
On August 3-5, 2024, part of the SUTEE team moved to the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo to explore how plants can interact with people through dance. The SUTEE team installed electrophysiology sensors on hydrangeas and basils to see how they…
Greening the city
Urban heat islands (UHIs) have become a well-known issue in built-up areas of large cities. A recent study shows that temperatures in UHIs are on average 5⁰C higher than in surrounding areas. Since a growing proportion of the population in…
Urban Trees for Environmental Education with IoT Technology @ the Educational Innovation Conference
Last Monday, June 24, took place the Educational Innovation Conference organized at the School of Computer Systems Engineering. The aim of these conferences is to share innovative initiatives that teachers carry out in the classroom in order to find ways…
2nd Transnational Project Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
On June 17 and 18, Goethe University Frankfurt hosted the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting for the “SUTEE: Showcasing Urban Trees for Environmental Education with IoT Technology” project. All project partners traveled to Frankfurt to participate in the in-person event, fostering…
SUTEE contribution to EDUCON 2024 conference
SUTEE partners have presented the communication titled “IoT and generative AI technologies to support urban environmental learning” in the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2024 held in Kos (Greece) on May 11-13, 2024. This paper focuses on the critical…
SUTEE in curriculum development
Teacher education in Austria currently undergoes major redesign. This includes a new approach to the curricula currently studied by thousands of prospective teachers for primary, secondary and vocational schools. PHW has been running a very complex development process that also…
The Life (and Death) of Urban Trees
Urban trees live in symbiosis with human habitation. Often for centuries. Their lives are entirely different to that of forest trees. Over their long lifespan, urban trees witness generations of people come and go. They offered shade to historic events…