The [urbmet.org], developed by MIT PhD candidate and IST PhD candidate , aims to bring about a better understanding about urban patterns that relate to material use and energy use.

Built on top of a selection of open-source tools, the web-based map reveals the currently available data on material (i.e. kg/person) and energy use (i.e. kWh/person) in about 42 different US cities. 'Materials' include like asphalt or gravel roads, or the use of masonry, glass or timber in residential housing, all based on estimations of . Users can select specific neighborhood areas and create heatmaps that are normalized by population or household size. Further analyses are automatically generated as PDF files.

Data-rich urban-scale visualizations seem popular lately, see also:
- National (UK) Heat Map Shows Heat Demand from Buildings
- Pulse: Tracking Electricity Usage of Office Buildings
- Revealing the Energy Consumption of Each Building in New York