1.3 Core goals and messages

The programme's goals are aligned towards the overarching goals and objectives of the City of Vienna, particularly those set out in the Smart Climate City Strategy. The City of Vienna aims to achieve net zero. In order to meet the city's climate goals, innovative, forward-looking approaches and solutions are required — especially within the existing built-up area.

Building upon the future

Looking to the future, we make a significant contribution to developing a sustainable, climate-neutral city.

• We implement measures to decarbonise the existing building stock.
• We realise projects showcasing circular construction and refurbishment methods.
• We implement measures to enhance housing comfort and quality of life in the neighbourhood.
• We roll out measures in public and semi-public spaces to help improve local quality of life.

Shaping communities

We shape neighbourhoods in partnership with the people who live there.

• We use newly-developed participatory formats to enable goal-oriented public participation involving different target groups.
• We create vibrant, attractive ground-floor zones that revitalise the neighbourhood and the public space.
• We foster social inclusion and community interaction based on solidarity within the neighbourhood.
• We implement measures combining conservation of resources and social justice.

Fostering innovation

We roll out innovative, replicable beacon projects that make a substantial contribution to achieving the City of Vienna's Smart Climate City goals.

• We faciliate networking of key players for the realisation of climate- and future-proof innovations in the built environment.
• We organise knowledge transfer and innovation management between the project partners as well as across the municipal departments and associated organisations. An accompanying monitoring framework ensures continuous ongoing evaluation and evolution of the WieNeu+ urban renewal programme.