CIVIC-PG Track A: Reimagining Urban Resilience and Education Hubs Using a Community-Engaged, Equity-Centered Approach

中佛罗里达大学及其合作伙伴，包括奥兰多市，已经确定了应对与气候有关的灾难(如飓风)的反复需求，以应对导致电力和连接严重中断的气候相关灾难。历史上被边缘化的群体和低收入群体的能源负担更高，获得发电机的机会更少，互联网接入更少，特别容易受到威胁社区复原力的外部冲击的影响。出于这些原因，该项目将共同设计一个以股权为中心的便携式弹性枢纽和教育中心，为佛罗里达州中部和奥兰多社区量身定做。该项目将其称为抗灾、教育和灾害预防宣传中心，或REACH中心，它将提供灾前和灾后必需品和连接，并在非紧急情况下充当实践STEM教育中心。在与州和地方政府、多个社区合作伙伴和当地青年的合作下，该项目将使用社区参与的方法，将服务不足的社区置于我们共同设计互惠互利的覆盖枢纽之前。随着REACH枢纽战略部署在奥兰多社会经济脆弱的地区，拟议的枢纽将以更公平的方式改善灾难应对和恢复。规划拨款的主要目标是：(1)在REACH枢纽的设计和部署中考虑和纳入不同的社区需求；(2)开发太阳能枢纽的技术规范；(3)设计传感器数据的打包和集成；(4)建立一个强大的跨学科团队和研究议程；(5)针对其他易受飓风影响的社区进行扩展和修改。我们将利用合作伙伴机构和社区研讨会收集社区反馈，以设计枢纽的所有要素。该项目还将为我们的Resilience集线器开发模块化设计，该集线器将使用商业化技术，包括长寿命电池、具有成本效益和高度耐用的光伏模块、5G通信、无线充电和用户界面。基于奥兰多市未来就绪计划中现有和计划中的智能设备，该项目将使用尖端云/边缘技术来集成与我们的REACH枢纽相关的传感器数据，使用人工智能技术进行分析，并为STEM教育打包。此外，这将创建佛罗里达州中部现有和计划中的弹性资产的清单，以帮助为REACH枢纽位置的优先顺序计划提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Central Florida and its partners, including the City of Orlando, have identified a recurring need for “equitable resilience” in response to climate-related disasters, such as hurricanes, that lead to significant loss of power and connectivity. Historically marginalized groups and lower-income populations have higher energy burdens, less access to generators, and reduced internet access, and are especially susceptible to external shocks that threaten community resilience. For these reasons, this project will co-create a design for an equity-centered, portable resilience hub and education center tailored for Central Florida and the Orlando community. This project calls this a Resilience, Education, and Advocacy Center for Hazard preparedness, or REACH hubs, which will provide pre- and post-disaster necessities and connectivity and serve as hands-on STEM education centers during non-emergency times. In collaboration with state and local governments, multiple community partners, and local youth, this project will use a community-engaged approach to put underserved communities in front of what we do to co-design mutually beneficial REACH hubs. With strategic placement of the REACH hubs in socioeconomically vulnerable parts of Orlando, the proposed hubs will improve disaster response and recovery in a more equitable way. The hubs will contribute to local sustainability goals by operating on clean, solar energy, and the design process will consider how to scale or modify for other hurricane prone, peninsular, or island locations.The main objectives for the planning grant are to: (1) consider and incorporate diverse community needs in REACH hub design and deployment, (2) develop technical specifications for the solar-powered hub, (3) design sensor data packaging and integration, (4) build a strong interdisciplinary team and research agenda, and (5) scale and modify for other hurricane-prone communities. We will use partner agency and community workshops for collecting community feedback to design all elements of the hubs. This project will also develop a modular design for our resilience hub that will use commercialized technologies of long-duration batteries, cost effective and highly durable PV modules, 5G communication, wireless charging, and user interfaces. Based on existing and planned smart devices in the City of Orlando’s Future-Ready program, this project will use cutting-edge cloud/edge techniques to integrate sensor data related to our REACH hubs, analyze using artificial intelligence techniques, and package for STEM education. In addition, this will create an inventory of existing and planned resilience assets in Central Florida to help inform the prioritization scheme for REACH hub locations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.