Feeling the heat: A Climate Walk through Prague
WORKSHOP DAY 1
This guided climate walk invites participants to explore the urban microclimates of Prague by combining their own thermal perceptions with on-site environmental data. As the group moves through different environments, they’ll record how they feel at each location using a questionnaire, while environmental data is collected using a mobile monitoring device measuring air temperature, humidity, global irradiance, and surface temperature. These variables are used post-walk to calculate a thermal comfort index, enabling participants to reflect on how their thermal sensations align with - or subtly diverge from - what the measurements suggest, and to consider the nuances of how heat is experienced in different urban contexts.
The walk explores the often-overlooked gap between measured and felt experience - raising questions about how well our current models capture human comfort and whose experiences are included in the data that shapes our cities. By confronting these differences directly, participants are invited to think critically about the strengths and limitations of both objective and subjective data in climate-responsive planning.
Side-event
This guided climate walk invites participants to explore the urban microclimates of Prague by combining their own thermal perceptions with on-site environmental data. As the group moves through different environments, they’ll record how they feel at each location using a questionnaire, while environmental data is collected using a mobile monitoring device measuring air temperature, humidity, global irradiance, and surface temperature. These variables are used post-walk to calculate a thermal comfort index, enabling participants to reflect on how their thermal sensations align with - or subtly diverge from - what the measurements suggest, and to consider the nuances of how heat is experienced in different urban contexts.
The walk explores the often-overlooked gap between measured and felt experience - raising questions about how well our current models capture human comfort and whose experiences are included in the data that shapes our cities. By confronting these differences directly, participants are invited to think critically about the strengths and limitations of both objective and subjective data in climate-responsive planning.
Side-event