{"id":24739,"date":"2022-11-09T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/stories\/story-environment\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:54:56","slug":"story-environment","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/en\/stories\/story-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Story: Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24739\" class=\"elementor elementor-24739 elementor-21535\" data-elementor-post-type=\"stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8c3cff elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8c3cff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"ampel\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33c1532\" data-id=\"33c1532\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3806d18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3806d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Great climate - thanks to data<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-787f010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"787f010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Climate change is a reality and there is no question of humanity\u2019s involvement in it. So that we can lead a more climate-friendly lifestyle in our city, Darmstadt has developed a climate protection concept that brings together a wide range of projects and measures. Improvements are also being made to the concept all the time. The urban climate report produced in the course of this project shows summer heat islands and areas of cold air that provide relief. It allows urban planning to be carried out with climate protection and climate adaptation in mind.   <br><br>Five projects in Smart City Darmstadt could also contribute to improving the urban climate in the long term. They all use Darmstadt as a real-world laboratory to test and refine technologies and gain experience with their use. <br><br><\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e23ae3c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e23ae3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"umwelt\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e2938a\" data-id=\"4e2938a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-661267d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"661267d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c9856e\" data-id=\"5c9856e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac7164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"fac7164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sektion4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b7dac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b7dac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vast range of environmental data provides a more accurate picture <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4388a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4388a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For a start, the city planned to have its own environmental sensors. The Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG) only has two measuring points: one on H\u00fcgelstra\u00dfe and another at the Rudolf M\u00fcller facility on am Woog. These failed to provide a detailed overview of the climate situation in the entire city area. The technology used for this also takes up a lot of space. It is housed in large containers and delivers its data in intervals that are too long. This prompted the city to start installing its own network of digital environmental sensors. They take up considerably less space and now measure air quality not only at the key points of Heinrichstra\u00dfe, H\u00fcgelstra\u00dfe and Kasinostra\u00dfe, but also at a further 13 locations throughout the city, including at busy traffic junctions. \u2018For this, we only need a 230 V connection and a mobile network, providing us with plenty of flexibility whenever issues come in,\u2019 explains Ralf Tank, an employee of the Mobility department. Equipped with their own SIM cards, the sensors transmit their environmental data to the city\u2019s analysis platform at minute intervals via the UMTS mobile communications standard.       <br><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-df96c5c\" data-id=\"df96c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97e5c62\" data-id=\"97e5c62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c30939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Lighting2\u00a9Anja_Mendel-e1558959343598-1024x619.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22614\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Lighting2\u00a9Anja_Mendel-e1558959343598-1024x619.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Lighting2\u00a9Anja_Mendel-e1558959343598-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smart_Lighting2\u00a9Anja_Mendel-e1558959343598-768x465.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e522d9f elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e522d9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"tree\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6476b6\" data-id=\"b6476b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f0c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b6f0c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sektion2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abdaa1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abdaa1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The City Tree cleans, cools and measures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78975f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e78975f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Close to the environmental sensors, the CityTree created by the Berlin-based start-up Green City Solutions whirls away quietly in front of the darmstadtium from time to time, improving the local microclimate. It has been there since autumn 2019, filtering up to 3,500 cubic metres of air per hour with its moss modules. This equates to the air inhaled by up to 7,000 people, which it frees from particulate matter. After all, moss thrives on what people consider to be pollutants. Thanks to its fine branches, the surface area of moss is also much larger than the two surfaces of their carrier modules, which measure more than two square metres.    <br><br><br><\/p><h3><em>The developers of the CityTree grow the moss themselves in their own greenhouses and adapt the composition to the climatic conditions of the site where the CityTree is installed\u2019,<\/em><\/h3><p>explains Rainer Wallura from T-Systems, a project partner of the Smart City. Development engineers Florian Kie\u00dfling and Mathias Brandt didn\u2019t give away any clues about the exact composition when they installed the CityTree in Darmstadt. Two mechatronics students watching the installation process during a break in lectures find it \u2018cool to see something like this in use\u2019.  <br><br>The moss spreads a pleasant coolness thanks to evaporation, lowering the ambient temperature by up to three degrees Celsius \u2013 which should make the benches on both sides of the CityTree a pleasant place to sit, especially in the summer. There is also plenty of technology behind the filter plates and the wood cladding. To create an ideal climate for growth, sensors measure the humidity and activate the irrigation system when it drops below 90%. Next, fans quietly blow a very fine mist against the moss filters. According to T-Systems, the CityTree cools as much as a 1.7 kW air-conditioning system, while needing only 10% of the energy required to run one. His prototype needs water and power connections. \u2018There are also future plans for a self-sufficient model incorporating a large water tank and solar panels\u2019, says Wallura.      <\/p><div data-id=\"2f1c6d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div><div><h3><em>An effective alternative where urban greenery cannot grow <\/em><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-id=\"48073b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div><div>Modern IoT technology makes the CityTree an interesting case for the Smart City. It transmits information relating to the filter\u2019s performance and condition and environmental climate values in real time. \u2018This data will be made available to the city\u2019, says Daniel Pfeffer from HEAG, which oversees the project for the city. Local Wi-Fi hotspots can also be set up for better connectivity in the city. The CityTree also knows the seasons. If sub-zero temperatures are imminent, its irrigation system is shut down \u2013 after all, \u2018real\u2019 plants also cease their activities.    <br><br>But why not plant a tree on the square in front of the darmstadtium? \u2018We are located above the underground car park. A tree of this size should never be planted here\u2019, says Pfeffer. \u2018The CityTree is not intended to be an alternative to urban greenery, but there are places like this where you can\u2019t just plant anything.\u2019 Green City Solutions is also gaining experience with the CityTree in Darmstadt so that the prototype can go into series production in 2020. Further applications are already under development. \u2018Following the same idea, small cubes for the desk can be used to improve the office climate\u2019, says Wallura, when highlighting promising designs. In Wallura\u2019s view, further development into panels for facades or underpasses is also conceivable. \u2018That\u2019s why we\u2019re delighted that Darmstadt embraces future technologies by allowing them to be tested and developed here\u2019.       <br><br><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f592f4\" data-id=\"8f592f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f3828\" data-id=\"66f3828\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3302d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3302d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_32-1536x2048-1-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23862\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_32-1536x2048-1-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_32-1536x2048-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_32-1536x2048-1-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_32-1536x2048-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bild: rfw. communication<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdf70a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bdf70a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_1-1-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_1-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_1-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/191031_Digi_CityTree_1-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bild: rfw. communication<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-185c705 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"185c705\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"sensor\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcee7ea\" data-id=\"fcee7ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-954f749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"954f749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sektion4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba4bc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba4bc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2018Made in Darmstadt, brought to market maturity in Darmstadt\u2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da132f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da132f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is how Holger Ebling, project manager at Deutsche Telekom, describes his company\u2019s smart measurement network for air pollutants, which was developed with the Darmstadt\u2019s Environment department and is currently being tested in the city. Deutsche Telekom uses its own infrastructure for its 17 measuring points. On the streets of Darmstadt, a large number of grey cabinets go largely unnoticed. These are multifunctional service area interfaces, providing households with a telephone connection and internet. There are more than 100,000 of them in Germany. One of their benefits is that they provide a power connection. Employees at Deutsche Telekom\u2019s second-largest location in Darmstadt then had a lightbulb moment \u2013 why not use these cabinets to measure air quality throughout the country? After a trial period in Science City Darmstadt, thousands of measurement points across Germany could paint a detailed picture of the climate and air pollutant situation in the country. The module for sensitive measurement technology was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Coburg. The measurement is purely electrochemical and, according to Ebling, is 90% cheaper to purchase and maintain than the conventional container measurement technology with wet-chemical processes.       <br><br>As inconspicuous as the multifunctional cabinet itself, the entire measurement technology is housed to the side of it in grey columns. A fan draws in air from the street through a perforated grid at a height of 1.60 metres and guides it past the sensors. The sensors electrochemically determine the air\u2019s nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone and particulate matter content. The 12 measuring points in the city and five measuring points in the surrounding area are located on main roads and quiet side streets. \u2018We also want to identify how pollution spreads and changes as a result of various environmental influences\u2019, says Ebling.    <br><br>The innovative technology for electrochemical air quality measurement is still currently being certified by T\u00dcV Rheinland, an independent inspection agency. However, measured values from the sensors are already being sent to Deutsche Telekom\u2019s data centre every five minutes via LTE; this data is made available to the city of Darmstadt in real time. \u2018The data generated as part of the trial belongs to the city\u2019, says Ebling. On the city\u2019s open-data platform, the data is merged with the readings from the environmental and traffic sensors in Darmstadt. This provides a more accurate picture for identifying correlations between traffic volume and air pollution. When taking weather data such as humidity, temperature, wind direction and strength into account, it could be possible to forecast the air pollution under certain climatic conditions at certain times of the day on specific days of the week.     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5fa381\" data-id=\"c5fa381\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45aca36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45aca36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/200519_Luftguetemessnetz_Partsch_Akdeniz_Keller_vlnr_CTelekom-1024x682-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23865\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/200519_Luftguetemessnetz_Partsch_Akdeniz_Keller_vlnr_CTelekom-1024x682-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/200519_Luftguetemessnetz_Partsch_Akdeniz_Keller_vlnr_CTelekom-1024x682-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/200519_Luftguetemessnetz_Partsch_Akdeniz_Keller_vlnr_CTelekom-1024x682-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Station of the air quality measurement network. Mayor Jochen Bartsch, Head of Social Affairs Barbara Akdeniz and Markus Keller (Senior Vice President Smart City, Deutsche Telekom AG).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cba2127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cba2127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild_Messstation\u00a9Telekom_2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild_Messstation\u00a9Telekom_2.webp 692w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild_Messstation\u00a9Telekom_2-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Station of the air quality measurement network. Mayor Jochen Bartsch, Head of Social Affairs Barbara Akdeniz and Markus Keller (Senior Vice President Smart City, Deutsche Telekom AG).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6808108 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6808108\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"verkehr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a12e6e9\" data-id=\"a12e6e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec360a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"fec360a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sektion4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c3752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14c3752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Using climate, weather and traffic data to manage traffic flows<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd6141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bd6141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To further refine the overall picture, the city is currently expanding its network of traffic sensors. By the end of 2020, around 40 infrared cameras and additional loops in the road surface will be installed on 14 arterial roads, which will also send their data to the open-data platform in real time via the city\u2019s fibre optic network. \u2018We want to know how many vehicles drive into and out of the city from which direction and at what speed, as well as which type of vehicle is moving at what speed\u2019, says Ralf Tank from the Traffic department. All these findings should result in a different way of recording and managing traffic for the benefit of people and the environment. \u2018We want to move away from traffic management that is solely determined by time to an approach that prioritises environmental protection and incidents\u2019, says Tank.   <br><br>If everything goes according to plan, there should be a smart traffic management system in place by the end of 2022. The system would use the weather forecast as well as expected and actual traffic volumes to manage vehicles around the city in such a way that the exhaust gas pollution from them is kept to a minimum. \u2018Until now, our traffic management has always been based on statistical and historical assumptions\u2019, says Tank. \u2018In the future, we will know what\u2019s happening on the road based on real-time data and will be able to react promptly.\u2019 For example, the environmental database will send an automatic notification when limits are exceeded so that traffic flows can be redirected, accelerated or slowed down accordingly. For this purpose, 22 routes were handpicked in Darmstadt\u2019s city network, focusing primarily on arterial roads, which can be individually controlled to respond to the conditions. \u2018We can then give greater priority to local public transport or accelerate the flow on the main roads with longer periods of green\u2019, says Tank, while outlining possible scenarios. \u2018But it is ultimately down to the policymakers to decide what we really do and how we manage traffic flows.\u2019      <br><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26b92ac\" data-id=\"26b92ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f694802\" data-id=\"f694802\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d5db0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d5db0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-557b97d blue-box\" data-id=\"557b97d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799a917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"799a917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Traffic guidance system Darmstadt<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5ba76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b5ba76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-1024x572.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitalstadt-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalstadt_mobilitaet_8-2048x1144.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae42a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ae42a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Darmstadt manages its traffic flows with a separate, independent network. 175 traffic lights with their own IP address send up to 20 data records per second via state-of-the-art fiber optic lines, which are also used by 360 thermal and infrared cameras to send their images to the two high-performance computers that together constitute the server. <\/p><p>The two inconspicuous concrete boxes are located somewhere in the city, map all the data and thus safeguard each other: if one fails, the other ensures, unnoticed, that around 95,000 commuters, 25,000 through-commuters and a total of around 163,000 people who travel in the city every day also keep moving. 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