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The campus as a living lab

The aim of the Master Plan Campus Design research project, in which the Institute
of Landscape Architecture, the Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, and the
Directorate Facility Management cooperated, was to develop a sustainable overall concept
for the development of open spaces on the TU Dresden campus. In a discussion with the
university public, the resulting spatial and design scenarios were further developed and
brought together in an overall concept, taking into account the open-space, traffic-planning,
and ecological networking of the campus with its surroundings. Since 2019, the Master Plan
Campus Design has served as the basis for in-depth planning and the implementation of
individual measures. The main goals are to increase the quality of life on the campus as well
as its ecologically sustainable development.

The Chair of Mobility System Planning’s Mobility concept for TU Dresden’s main campus
builds on the considerations set out in the master plan for the design of the campus.
It provides solutions and recommendations for action in order to harmonize the diverse
mobility needs with a future-oriented design of the main campus. The concept takes into
account analysis findings on the mobility behavior of employees and students from mobility
surveys conducted in 2008, 2018, and 2022. The close dovetailing of the mobility concept and
campus design master plan opens up greater scope for action to implement the scenarios
developed.

In the CAMPER-MOVE: CAMPus Energy-consumption Reduction research project,
an interdisciplinary project team is dedicated to the energy efficiency of the TUD campus.
Under the leadership of the Chair of Building Energy Systems and Heat Supply, the aim,
in cooperation with the central university administration and external project partners, is
to accompany and evaluate the practical implementation of energy-efficiency measures
(construction, systems engineering, operation) with measurement programs and detailed
analyses. Regenerative as well as process and usage-specific energy sources are being
explored on the campus, and further concepts for the establishment or expansion of
existing energy networks (heating, cooling, electricity) are being developed.

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