Background
The HeatResilientCity project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union. In addition to the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development in Dresden, the project network comprises: the Institute for Urban Research, Planning and Communication of the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (ISP), the Chair of Meteorology of TUD Dresden University of Technology, the HTW Dresden - University of Applied Sciences, the Environmental Office of the City of Dresden, the Environmental and Nature Conservation Office of the City of Erfurt as well as the Railway Workers’ Housing Cooperative (Eisenbahner-Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft) Dresden (in Phase I) and the Office of Health and Prevention of the City of Dresden (in Phase II). The project was honored with the 2022 German Sustainability Award for Research.