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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 surroun-
dings. 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 dbuilds
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 interdisci-
plinary 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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