General, Home, Research project
The transition to climate-neutral and liveable districts begins in good communities and their neighborhoods. This is where our FFG exploratory project “Refugium” comes in. The aim is to promote the sustainable development of church neighborhoods and to develop an innovative public-private partnership (PPP) cooperation model between the city and the Catholic Church.
Our project is already in full swing. Following our successful kick-off event in St. Hemma, we recently held the second workshop with the parish of Klagenfurt Cathedral.
The aim was to sharpen the congregation’s previous considerations and plans and to define goals and obstacles. It was particularly important to us to look beyond the church grounds. For this reason, neighbors from the immediate vicinity were also invited.
In addition to the content, the atmosphere, in particular the view from the Franziskussaal in Klagenfurt Cathedral Parish, was a small highlight.
The “Refugium” project is divided into four central thematic blocks that are closely interlinked:
- Energy: Efficiency and renewable energies in existing buildings.
- Mobility: Sustainable transport concepts for neighborhood cohesion.
- Biodiversity & climate adaptation: green oases and resilience to extreme weather.
- Social neighborhood development: strengthening togetherness and participation.
The project began at the start of the year. Further kick-off events will follow in the coming months, in the Catholic university community in Klagenfurt and at the parish of St. Theresia. We will then move on to more concrete planning.
Our consortium is made up of IPAK (consortium management), the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Caritas, the Refugium association and PLANUM, thus forming an interdisciplinary team. We are very pleased about this cooperation and the energy that everyone involved brings to this project.
The FFG project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) and the Climate+Energy Fund.
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Queries:
Dr. Marie-Therese Fallast; mt.fallast@planum.eu
DI Katja Schmidt-Hengst; schmidt-hengst@planum.eu
