15/10/2025 | News
MULTICLIMACT has published Deliverable D9.2, capturing a formal reporting milestone and a tangible communication impact moment for urban resilience measures people can actually see and experience. It develops and tests solutions designed to reduce heat stress and handle intense rainfall in urban spaces.
by Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
Deliverable D9.2, “New pavement cooling materials and nature-based solutions for improving the resilience in urban spaces – development for the application to a real demo,” focuses on advancing two innovations to address climate-related challenges in cities, especially urban heat islands and urban flooding. The document covers the development, testing and validation of a new cool pavement solution based on recycled asphalt, and a nature-based bio-retention swale, including the implementation of a monitoring system that integrates measurements into a digital-twin-oriented workflow. It describes prototype work such as outdoor real-scale pavement specimens and open-air Urban River Lab prototypes for the bio-retention system, including sensor selection, monitoring campaigns and evaluation activities that prepare these solutions for application in a real demo context.
D9.2 is led by TEC with main authors from TECNALIA, COMSA, and NATURALEA, and includes contributions and review input from partners such as RINA-C and UNIVPM.
Read the full deliverable here: https://multiclimact.eu/wp-content/uploads/D9.2_draft.pdf
About MULTICLIMACT:
MULTICLIMACT is an EU-funded project aimed at safeguarding Europe’s built environment against the increasing threats of natural and climatic hazards. By uniting 25 leading European organisations, MULTICLIMACT aims to enhance resilience, sustainability, and safety for communities across the continent. Through innovative strategies, including a toolkit of 20 reliable methods and digital solutions, the project targets the urgent need for adaptive measures against floods, earthquakes, extreme weather conditions and heatwaves. Tested across four pilot sites with diverse climatic conditions, MULTICLIMACT embodies a shared vision for a safer, more resilient future, focusing on actions to reduce the impact of climate change on the built environment. For more information, please visit www.multiclimact.eu
MULTICLIMACT is a Horizon Europe project supported by the European Commission under grant agreement No 101123538. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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