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Fact

People in Canada use around 99.916 kWh of primary energy a year, while people in Europe use just 38,555 kWh.

Fact

223 litres of water use by person and day in Canada

Fact

74% of people in the world have access to safely managed drinking water

Fact

Cities account for 70% of global emissions

We are

Combining Digital Twins, Scientific Simulations, and Serious Gaming into a Unique Platform.

Fact

Over ½ of the global population currently resides in urban areas, a rate projected to reach 70%  by 2050.

1 in 4

urban dwellers live in Slum households

4+ billion

people live in cities

34

megacities

10,000

cities worlwide

235

cities in Canada

Tolls4cities team

An initiative of

Digital Solutions for
sustainable Cities

This tool is designed for city policymakers as well as private and public decision makers. 

City scale

View urban datasets from multiple domains, including buildings, transportation, greenery, and power, directly in your browser. Simulate energy and emission scenarios for building retrofits and sustainable mobility to understand the implications of your choices.

Our Vision

 To empower urban decision-makers and researchers with the digital tools they need to co-create more sustainable, livable, and resilient cities. 

Our partners

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An open-source framework with a central data model for cities, allowing to model energy and emission scenarios for the built environment and sustainable mobility. 

Open source framework

Tools4Cities supports persistent storage of simulation results for fast access of pre-calculated city-wide scenarios. 

Provides building owners with an easy-to-use tool to identify their building's retrofitting strategies. 

Building scale

Compare energy, cost, and emissions of different solutions without being an expert. Ensures everyone can take their next steps towards sustainable energy efficiency with confidence. 

A tool connecting citizens with decision makers through digital engagement. 

Neighborhood scale

An interactive neighbourhood simulator that lets citizens explore, change, and comment on their city's future. 

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About us

TOOLS4CITIES is a suite of complimentary digital tools being developed to address urgent and difficult problems in the pursuit of sustainable cities around the world.

From buildings to transportation, from citizens to local government, each tool is tailored towards a particular stakeholder, whilst all leveraging a common data model of the entire city.

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