Welcome to the UMEP tutorial website

To help users getting started with UMEP, the community is working on setting up tutorials and instructions for different parts of the UMEP tool. The tutorials available are found in the table below.

Note

One essential part when working with geodata in a GIS is to make sure that a common coordinate reference system (CRS) is used, both for the data itself and the current QGIS-project you are working in. For more info, see here. It is strongly recommended to reproject/transform all geodatasets into the same projected coordinate system before any processing starts as well using a CRS that is based on meters.

Topic	Parts of UMEP	Name	Application	Location
Introducing UMEP - Daily shading	Processor and Post-processor	A First QGIS and UMEP activity	Shadow patterns for pedestrians	Gothenburg, Sweden
Solar Energy	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Solar Energy - Introduction to SEBE	Amount of solar energy received on building facets	Gothenburg, Sweden; London, UK
Source Area Footprint	Pre-Processor	Footprint modelling	Interpretation of eddy covariance flux source areas	London, UK
Spatial data	Pre-Processor	Spatial data - Generate a digital surface model	Generating DSMs using Open Street Map data	Gothenburg, Sweden (World)
Spatial data	Pre-Processor and FUSION/LDV	Spatial data - Generating UMEP input data from a LiDAR point cloud	Generating UMEP input data from a LiDAR point cloud	Gothenburg, Sweden
Urban energy balance	Processor	Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Introduction	Energy, water and radiation fluxes for one location	London, UK
Urban energy balance	Pre-Processor and Processor	Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Advanced	Energy, water and radiation fluxes for one location	London, UK
Urban energy balance	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Spatial	Energy, water and radiation fluxes for a spatial grid	New York City, US
Urban energy balance	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS and WUDAPT	Making use of WUDAPT local climate zones in SUEWS	New York City, US
Urban Energy Balance	Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-Processor	Urban Energy Balance - SUEWS Database	Energy, water and radiation fluxes for a spatial grid using a urban typology database	Gothenburg, Sweden
Anthropogenic heat	Processor	Anthropogenic heat - LQF	Anthropogenic heat modelling in London using LQF (LUCY methodology)	London, UK
Anthropogenic heat	Processor	Anthropogenic heat - GQF	Anthropogenic heat modelling in London using GQF (GreaterQF methodology)	London, UK
Outdoor thermal comfort	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Thermal Comfort - Introduction to SOLWEIG	Mean radiation temperature modelling in complex urban settings	Gothenburg, Sweden
Outdoor Thermal Comfort	Pre-Processor, Processor	Thermal Comfort - Introduction to TreePlanter	Locating trees to mitigate heat stress	Gothenburg, Sweden
Urban Wind Fields	Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-Processor	Urban Wind Field - Introduction to URock	Modelling of 3D wind in urban areas	Gothenburg, Sweden
Outdoor Thermal Comfort	Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-Processor	Thermal Comfort - Spatial Thermal Comfort	Generating raster maps of outdoor thermal comfort	Gothenburg, Sweden
Urban Heat Island	Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-processor	Urban Heat Island - TARGET	Spatial variation of air temperature	Gothenburg, Sweden
Urban Heat Island	Pre-Processor, Processor, Post-processor	Urban Heat Island - Urban Weather Generator	Spatial variation of air temperature	Gothenburg, Sweden
UMEP for Processing	Pre-Processor, Processor	Introduction to UMEP and the QGIS Processing framework	Create UMEP workflows using the Processing Toolbox in QGIS	Gothenburg, Sweden
Python Scripting	Processor	Introduction to UMEP Python scripting	Python in QGIS/UMEP and Jupyter Notebook for Windows	Gothenburg, Sweden
Python Scripting	Pre-Processor, Processor	Python for processing (SOLWEIG)	Python in QGIS/UMEP for processing in Linux/Mac	Gothenburg, Sweden

Conference specific tutorials

Topic	Parts of UMEP	Name	Application	Location
Outdoor thermal comfort	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Thermal Comfort - Introduction to SOLWEIG, URock and SpatialTC	Thermal comfort modelling in complex urban settings	ICUC12, 2025, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Urban Heat Island	Pre-Processor, Processor and Post-processor	Link to pdf	Intra urban temperature variations during heatwave event	ICUC12, 2025, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solar Energy in Norrköping - Daily shading	Pre-procesoor, Processor and Post-processor	Link to pdf	Specially designed tutorial for the QGIS 2025 User Confernce in Norrköping	QGIS User Conference, 2025, Norrköping, Sweden

Direct link back to the UMEP Manual.