Formulating sustainable urban FWE strategy by optimizing the synergies between food, water and energy systems

SUNEX

Call

  • Nexus

Project Website

Principal Investigator

Dr. Wolfgang Loibl and Dr. Ali Hainoun, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Partners

Dr. Ingo Zasada, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung, Germany Dr. Abdukarem Amhamed, Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Qatar Dr. Mohammed Al Kuwari, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar David Ludlow, University of the West of England - SPE, United Kingdom Mr Patric Bulmer, Bristol Water plc, United Kingdom Matias Poupin, ROC-Connect, Inc., United States

Funders

  • BMBF/DLR-PT (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), Innovate UK, QNRF (Qatar National Research Fund)

Project Objective

SUNEX aims to support the decision-making process in formulating sustainable urban FWE strategies in respect to Cities’ different consumption patterns and limited resources on the way to achieve sustainable urban transformation.

Call Objective

The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a joint call established in order to bring together actors to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge. The ultimate goal is to increase the access and the quality of life.

Region

  • Asia, Europe

Country

  • Austria, Germany, Qatar, United Kingdom

Duration

36 months

Call Date

December 9, 2016

Project Award Date

February 15, 2018