Rovesta enables optimisation for urban design, infrastructure and landscape design aligned with the three strategic priorities shown below. Rovesta is primarily focused on strategy definition for infrastructure.

Enhance transport infrastructure

By integration of innovation within infrastructure planning, Rovesta is able to help optimise the ability of operators and asset owners to meet requirements for resource efficiency, carbon, resilience and customer satisfaction. This can be achieved through consulting on strategy definition, followed by a transdisciplinary design process.

The majority of our experience is in rail infrastructure (including High Speed Rail, metro and freight). We have also worked on the integration of rail with other forms of mobility at transport interchanges, such as micro-mobility, active travel, waterbourne, road, autonomous pods and airports. Therefore we aim to build on this experience in order to help develop strategies for the full door-to-door journey, to enable an integrated and inclusive experience for passengers. For example, we have begun a study for Demand Response Rail, which we believe has significant potential to improve the resilience and reliability of the rail network, provide resource efficiencies and reduce air pollution.

We use Building Information Modelling (BIM) as our default process for the design, coordination and implementation of projects. Building Information Modelling (BIM) can serve as a basis for digital twins or other Operation + Maintenance data for economical long-term asset management.

Optimise integration of water and energy infrastructure

We collaborate with specialists in order to integrate energy storage systems within neighbourhoods and infrastructure. These include thermal energy storage and eFuel systems such as modular green methanol systems, that allow for economical, compact energy storage. Such approaches can assist our reliance on Renewable Energy Systems.

A BioSolar Roof is where photovoltaics and vegetation are integrated for synergies between the PVs and Nature Based Solutions. The presence of the vegetation reduces the risk of the PVs overheating, which means that the PVs last longer and also generate more electricity each day. The PV panels also provide shelter to the plants from wind and excessive sunlight. We aim to develop the BioSolar principles for a broader range of infrastructure scenarios, working with our sister company SciBau to integrate BioSolar strategies within buildings. We also aim to develop equivalent BioSolar strategies for emerging developments in floating PV, wave energy, tidal energy and offshore wind. These will be integrated with the aquaculture strategies developed by our sister company ArcGeo.

We collaborate with digital specialists in order to progress digital tools and workflows. This enables the development of energy demand response systems, to optimise energy use in response to live estimates for demand, weather and climate. We have initiated discussion with the European Space Agency on interfacing with their Destination Earth initiative (DestinE), which aims to agglomerate digital twins to form an overall digital twin assembly of the entire planet. We have discussed with the ESA our aims to integrate data from a number of 4D digital twins developed with our collaborators, in order to further goals for climate neutrality, resource efficiency and ecosystem wellbeing.

Our collaborations also allow us to integrate water systems that allow for localised resilient water systems. These include strategies for extracting nutrients or remediating contaminants from wastewater, and thereby avoiding wider environmental harms such as eutrophication and acidification.

Integrate green infrastructure within urban design / landscape design

Building on the strategies described above, we work on the co-creation of strategies for climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience in cities, peri-urban and rural areas.

We aim to integrate green infrastructure / Nature Based Solutions and biobased production within urban design / landscape design to support biodiversity, soil health and wider ecosystem wellbeing. These strategies can enable reduction in air / noise / water / soil pollution through remediation and mitigation strategies.

We also develop strategies to enhance the ability of green infrastructure to provide mitigation and adaptive capacity in response to the ‘Heat Island Effect’ commonly found in cities.

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We work with our umbrella organisation EstraHub to enable a more holistic approach to ecological design. By engaging with R&D frameworks such as Horizon Europe, we aim to develop and demonstrate innovative strategies in a manner where risk is assessed, controlled and mitigated.