Project: Formulating sustainable urban FWE strategy by optimizing the synergies between food, water and energy systems
| Acronym | SUNEX (Reference Number: 11110965) |
| Duration | 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020 |
| Project Topic | SUNEX provides an integrated modelling framework of advanced tools to model and assess the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) systems’ demand and supply sides, capture their interdependencies and maximize synergies through a nexus view that endorses efficient solutions for energy, water and food supply for urban regions. The approach will be applied in four case study cities reflecting different socio-economic and climate characteristics, different consumption patterns and different local and remote FWE resource shares. A monitoring and control sensor network will be tested to improve water and energy savings for local food production. The results will feed into FWE-supply guidelines ensuring replication to support the transition towards higher urban resilience. |
| Network | EN-SUGI |
| Call | SUGI/FOOD-WATER-ENERGY NEXUS |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH | Coordinator | Austria |
| 2 | Qatar Environment &Energy Research Insttitute | Partner | Qatar |
| 3 | Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung | Partner | Germany |
| 4 | University of the West of England - SPE | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 5 | ROC-Connect, Inc. | Partner | United States |
| 6 | Ministry of Municipality and Environment | Partner | Qatar |
| 7 | Bristol Water plc | Partner | United Kingdom |