Cooling Havens project, European Urban Initiative programme, 2024-2028

Alongside other 10 partners and the Municipality of Athens as a leader, Dipylon participates in the European Urban Initiative Programme, with the Cooling Havens: Water-Powered Neighborhood Cooling and Engagement project. The project proposes to install a series of neighborhood-specific, water-powered public interventions that utilize unique alternative water-harnessing techniques to create new blue and green infrastructure inside the city. These interventions will not only act as natural cooling agents, thereby reducing urban heat and mitigating climate change effects but will also serve as educational platforms that raise awareness for water conservation, connect water to community life and history and offer capacity-building opportunities to different target groups. The focus is not merely on water conservation but on bringing the water element back into the city, turning it into a key feature of public spaces and incorporating a water-centric ethos into the city's urban planning and lifestyle.