What will I learn in this webinar?

You’ll learn about the requirements of the EPBD recast, disclosure rules, carbon targets for 2028 and 2030, enforcement mechanisms, and strategies to meet new carbon limits in construction projects.

Who should attend this webinar?

This webinar is designed for architects, engineers, sustainability consultants, and construction professionals who need to understand upcoming EPBD whole-life carbon requirements and compliance strategies.

Is the webinar free to attend?

Yes, this is a free-to-attend webinar hosted by One Click LCA. Registration is required to secure your spot.

Will there be practical examples?

Yes, the webinar includes examples of how countries enforce whole-life carbon limits and disclosure rules, along with strategies to apply in real projects.

Urban Climate in Practice – ENVI-met Simulations for Swiss Development Projects

About the webinar

Urban climate has become a planning factor in Swiss cities. Cantons now publish high-resolution climate maps: the Canton of Zurich released maps at 5 x 5 m resolution in June 2025. Since December 1, 2024, Zurich's revised Planning and Building Act also lets municipalities set binding rules on greening, ventilation, and heat mitigation, for example in design plans.
For your projects, this means more development sites need a microclimate study that matches cantonal parameters. Most studies assess daytime heat stress and nighttime cooling at set points in time, and many compare the current and planned state of a site. You need reliable model input, sound meteorological data, and results that authorities and clients can read.
Dr. Andreas Wicki has used ENVI-met since 2014 and now runs urban climate studies for Swiss development projects at GEO Partner AG. In this session, he shows how his team investigates larger projects, which methods hold up, and where projects go wrong. The approaches apply to cities well beyond Switzerland.

What you'll learn

In this session, you’ll learn:

Where ENVI-met fits in climate-responsive planning, and what cantonal authorities expect from a study
How to convert GIS data and architectural plans into ENVI-met model input, and where the main challenges lie
What a microclimate workflow looks like within a development project, from brief to final report
Which pitfalls, mistakes, and misunderstandings to avoid when you apply the model
How to use meteorological data to improve your simulations and set consistent standards
How to make your results accessible and readable for authorities, clients, and nonspecialists
How GEO Partner has applied ENVI-met in case studies across Switzerland
Live Q&A: put your own project questions to Andreas Wicki

Who should attend

Sustainability consultants and environmental specialists
Urban planners and city development professionals
Architects and landscape architects
Engineers and multidisciplinary design teams
Public authorities and policymakers
Researchers and practitioners working on climate adaptation and urban resilience

You don't need prior ENVI-met experience. Experienced users will get practical detail on workflows and data choices.

Guests

Andreas Wicki

Project Manager, GEO Partner AG, Basel

Andreas Wicki is a project manager specializing in urban climate at GEO Partner AG in Basel. He has used ENVI-met since his 2014 master’s thesis and earned his PhD in urban climate at the University of Basel in 2019. At GEO Partner AG, he develops urban climate services for authorities, planners, and investors, often using ENVI-met simulations. He also lectures in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Basel.

Hosts

Lennart Scharfstaedt

Customer Success Specialist, One Click LCA

Lennart Scharfstädt supports architecture, urban planning, and engineering professionals in integrating microclimate simulation with life-cycle sustainability analysis. At One Click LCA, he specializes in helping ENVI-met users leverage environmental data to inform low-carbon and climate-adaptive design strategies. With a background in sustainability-focused urban modeling, he enables clients to derive actionable insights that align with both regulatory compliance and performance-based design targets.

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