BEKB, ewb and GVB launch myky platform
The Berner Kantonalbank (BEKB), the energy supplier Energie Wasser Bern (ewb) and the Gebäudeversicherung Bern (GVB) are launching a new online platform for homeowners. On myky, they should find knowledge…
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Implenia is building district heating tunnels in Hamburg
Client Wärme Hamburg has commissioned Implenia to build a tunnel for the city's new district heating network. The tunnel will cross under the Elbe about 2 kilometers west of the…
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Two Geneva fintechs are joining forces to make it easier to buy home ownership in Switzerland
Evahomes.ch, a residential real estate financing solution, and e-Potek, an e-real estate broker and mortgage advisory firm, have entered into an exclusive partnership to help future buyers purchase a home.…
Swiss Proptech: Launch of Immowise, the very first digital solution to support co-owner meetings
The solution was developed to meet market expectations and to facilitate the preparation, implementation and follow-up of general meetings of condominiums in Switzerland. It takes into account the specifics of…
Bauwerk Schweiz is under pressure
A group of experts sees the Swiss structure with its buildings and infrastructure under great pressure to innovate. With their view of the big picture, the experts want to generate…
Hächler donates to the old Rütibuck scout home
The Wettinger construction company Hächler is making this year's donation to the Pfadi Hochwacht Baden home association. The 10,000 francs are used to renovate the old Rütibuck scout home in…
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences offers training in digital construction
The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) will start two courses in digital construction in 2022: Ordering & Development and Design & Planning. Three more will follow in…
Madaster wins pom + as a partner
Madaster Switzerland has won pom + Consulting AG (pom +) as a new partner. The Swiss platform for circular economy in real estate offers, among other things, material passes for…
Steel profiles from demolished objects should live on
The steel and construction industry is examining the practicability of reusing used steel profiles from demolition objects. A car park run by the Christoph Merian Foundation in Basel serves as…
FHNW gets professor for circular building
The Institute for Sustainability and Energy at the University of Architecture, Building and Geomatics at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is establishing a professorship for circular building.…
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Construction of housing estate in Zurich's Guggach area begins
The Simple Living Foundation has started building a new housing estate in Zurich-Unterstrass. Representatives of the city administration broke the first symbolic groundbreaking for the project on the Guggach site.
Holcim is building a 3D-printed settlement
Holcim announces the construction of a housing estate made of 3D-printed houses in Kenya. The 52-building project is the largest of its kind in Africa. It aims to accelerate the…
Empa concrete project receives funding
The future fund of the Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (Empa) has received funding from the Ernst Göhner Foundation. They should enable a research project for new types of concrete.
Digitalswitzerland shows start-ups the Swiss market
Digitalswitzerland gives promising start-ups from abroad an insight into the Swiss ecosystem. The aim is to facilitate a possible market entry. This year 25 start-ups from 16 countries took part…
Office space market is holding up better than expected
The trend towards working from home has increased the supply on the office space market less than feared. Credit Suisse found this in a study. According to her, the office…
That was the (PropTech) year …
In a good three weeks, 2021 will also be history. An eventful year - also in the PropTech area. The digitization of the real estate industry continued to pick up…
Apartment rents and prices rise towards the end of the year
November revealed both rising rents and higher prices for the purchase of condominiums. There is no change in the offers for single-family homes. The resurgence of the pandemic is likely…