17th-18th September 2026, Stuttgart.
It is an urban simulation environment actively developed at HFT Stuttgart. It originated from a research project completed in 2015 (SimStadt), followed by SimStadt 2.0..
SimStadt uses CityGML data of real urban environments for energy analyses of buildings, city quarters, whole cities and even regions. The application scenarios range from high-resolution simulations of building heating requirements and potential studies for photovoltaics to the simulation of building refurbishment and renewable energy supply scenarios. Recent developments include the modeling of urban trees, detailed shadowing calculations, load profile generation, energy grid simulation, heat storage simulation, and the use of PVGIS as the default weather data source.
The source code is expected to be open-sourced by the end of 2026.
The event is aimed at Master’s students, PhD candidates, researchers, software developers and practitioners who want to discover SimStadt, apply it in their work or contribute to its future development together with the community. 😊 🙏