METEODYN Presents at the GANANA International Colloquium on Urban Climate Change

METEODYN to address outdoor comfort and energy production for sustainable cities

On February 24, 2025, METEODYN will participate in the international colloquium “Urban Climate Change: Science, Impacts, Risks, and Policy Responses”, organised by C-DAC Pune (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) under the India-EU collaborative research project GANANA. The event will take place at Ganga Hall (4th floor), C-DAC Innovation Park, Pune, India.

Building resilience for tomorrow’s cities

Cities are at the frontline of climate change. In the coming decades, urban populations are expected to face increasing wind and thermal discomforts, growing inequalities in energy production and consumption, and heightened vulnerability to extreme climate events due to high population density and geographic exposure. Building urban resilience is no longer optional. It is a necessity to avoid severe human, social, and economic losses.

This is precisely the challenge that METEODYN is working to address.

UrbaWind®: one solution for multiple applications

From 14:15 to 14:30 (IST), Dr. Eric TROMEUR, Director of the Research, Innovation, Service and Expertise department at METEODYN, will deliver a remote presentation titled “Comfort and Energy Production for Sustainable Cities in a Changing Climate”. Drawing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), he will present how METEODYN’s UrbaWind® software provides urban planners and decision-makers with a comprehensive tool for sustainable urban development in a changing climate.

UrbaWind® enables:

• Outdoor comfort evaluation — assessing wind and thermal comfort at pedestrian level
• Natural ventilation assessment — leveraging wind to reduce cooling needs in buildings
• Renewable energy potential in cities — identifying optimal locations for small-scale wind turbines and solar installations

Dr. Eric TROMEUR will also present findings from METEODYN’s Climate Change Analytics approach, demonstrating how future climate scenarios can be integrated into urban planning workflows to anticipate the impact on outdoor comfort, urban heat islands, and energy production at city scale.

METEODYN at the heart of the India-EU dialogue

M. Sachin BHANDARA, Director of METEODYN India, will be present at the colloquium in Pune, reinforcing METEODYN’s commitment to international collaboration and its engagement with the scientific and policy communities working on urban climate resilience.

The GANANA project, initiated by C-DAC, brings together Indian and European researchers and industry actors to co-develop innovative solutions for sustainable urban development. METEODYN is proud to contribute its expertise to this initiative.

Interested in learning more about UrbaWind® and our Climate Change Analytics approach?