Wooden computer mouse
Electronics on the compost heap. What sounds utopian has been pioneered by Empa researchers with their new, wood-based printed circuit board. As part of the HyPELignum project, they have created…
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Lucerne is voted the most beautiful old town in Switzerland
Readers of the online travel magazine TRAVELBOOK voted Lucerne the most beautiful old town in Switzerland, and the corresponding prize was awarded in Berlin. Bad Wimpfen won for Germany and…
Solar power plant above Klosters commences partial operation
Madrisa Solar above Klosters Dorf has been connected to the grid with around 15 per cent of its planned output. This makes it the first Alpine solar power plant to…
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Alte Mühle residential project reaches important milestone
Halter AG is building a new neighbourhood with ten apartment blocks on the former Huggler site in Suhr on behalf of SWICA from Winterthur. The Schlieren-based property developer celebrated the…
New Head of Sales and Partnerships at SwissCaution
Massimo Paoletti will take over the position of Head of Sales and Partnerships for German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino on June 1, 2025. He has already been working in sales at…
Political roadmap to climate neutrality in Switzerland
Switzerland can reduce its CO₂ emissions to net zero by 2050 if key steps are taken over the next ten years. The final report of the POLIZERO project led by…
Old technology rethought
Earth as a modern building material? What sounds like the past is in fact the future. Rammed earth is making a remarkable comeback in architecture and research. Now supported by…
Real estate sector cautiously optimistic
The EXPO REAL Trend Index 2025 signals a spirit of optimism. After years of uncertainty, the real estate industry is once again looking to the future with confidence. Despite high…
Energie 360° and EKZ hold takeover talks
The City of Zurich is examining the sale of its energy company Energie 360° to Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich. The aim is to bundle the energy supply and accelerate decarbonization.…
City of Zurich honors best construction projects 2025
On Thursday evening, October 2, 2025, the 19th award ceremony for good buildings in the city of Zurich took place in a festive setting. Mayor Corine Mauch, together with City…
Learning and support passarelle for apprentices KV-Immobilien
The promotion of young talent in the real estate services sector is a key concern of SVIT Zurich. The SVIT Young Zurich Youth Commission was established in 2016 to provide…
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Highlights and winners of the Real Estate Award 2025
The Real Estate Award 2025 took place on October 2 at the stylish Trafo Baden and brought together around 250 guests from the Swiss real estate, construction and finance world.…
Climate-friendly heat supply for Zofingen and Oftringen
StWZ Energie AG and Primeo Energie have founded the company Fernwärme Unteres Wiggertal AG. Together, the two energy service providers want to utilise synergies to build a district heating network.…
Lukmanierstrasse receives new bridge at Stgegia
A STRABAG team led by site manager Carina Bessel has completely renovated the Stgegia bridge on the Lukmanierstrasse. Specialist civil engineering, timber construction and civil engineering from STRABAG worked together…
Köniz tests power supply with 100 per cent renewable energy
The energy supplier BKW is testing new solutions for supplying electricity from renewable energies. To this end, the Bern-based company is conducting a pilot project in the Mittelhäusern district of…
Zurich agglomeration needs new buildings
Housing construction in the Zurich conurbation is lagging behind population growth. This is shown by a study carried out by the Sotomo research institute for Fürschi Züri. It is mainly…
Nidwalden drives asking rents
Asking rents in the canton of Nidwalden were 1.5 per cent higher in August than in the previous month. In all other cantons, the changes were minor. Across Switzerland, asking…
Renovation of the Pérolles Bridge near Fribourg underway
Walo Bertschinger AG is involved in the ongoing renovation of the Pérolles Bridge in Fribourg. The family-run construction company from Dietikon is renewing the carriageway joints and asphalt. The bridge…