Mobiliar invests in heat reduction in Bern neighbourhood
Mobiliar is paying 450,000 francs for measures to reduce heat in the Breitenrain district of Bern. The municipal council has approved 1.3 million francs for this. In the course of…
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Venture Kick supports Borobotics with 150,000 Swiss francs
Venture Kick is funding the development of an innovative drilling robot by Borobotics with 150,000 Swiss francs. It enables the drilling of holes for geothermal heating systems next to buildings…
Efficient asphalt recycling in Switzerland
Switzerland is built, at least as far as the road network is concerned. Therefore, despite recycling, significantly more asphalt is produced today than can be reinstalled in new roads. Empa…
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Steiner initiates construction of wooden building in Ostermundingen
Steiner is tackling the construction of the NIDO project. As part of the project, the Zurich-based real estate developer is building 17 condominiums in Ostermundigen using timber construction. The building…
Implenia receives top rating for sustainability
Implenia has improved its sustainability rating from Sustainalytics by one point. With 86 points, the construction and real estate company has consolidated its position as the industry leader.
10 million Swiss francs in funding for concrete recycling technology
Sikas is being specifically promoted as part of a climate protection programme. This is a new type of concrete recycling process that enables the complete recycling of old concrete and…
“Green” asphalt: a milestone towards climate-friendly road construction
The Department of Construction and Transport of the Canton of Basel-Stadt has developed a CO2-negative asphalt together with a Basel institute for building materials technology. Thanks to vegetable carbon, it…
Empa entwickelt recycelbaren Kunststoff für die Industrie
Forschende der Eidgenössischen Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (Empa) in St.Gallen haben ein Epoxidharz entwickelt, das sich wiederverwerten und reparieren lässt. Damit schaffen sie einen neuen Kunststoff, der etwa beim Bau von…
Dietikon expands information offer on its city app
The city of Dietikon is expanding its information offering on the Dietikon city app to include local real-time data on temperature, air quality and traffic. This expansion completes the last…
How do you develop climate-neutral real estate?
The exponential increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations since industrialisation leads to an intensified greenhouse effect. This is causing irreversible damage to natural ecosystems and to our society. Mitigation and…
Urbane Dörfer lädt zur Eröffnung nach Melchenbühl ein
Die Genossenschaft Urbane Dörfer lanciert ihr zweites Pionierprojekt. Sie lädt am 26. August nach Muri-Gümligen zur Eröffnung des Urbanen Dorfs Melchenbühl ein. Langfristig entsteht dort ein vielfältiger Wohn-, Arbeits- und…
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ZHAW wins bid for SWEET funding programme
The "reFuel.ch" consortium, led by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa), has been awarded the SWEET funding programme. The ZHAW is involved in the project with…
Modular wooden fixtures for interim uses
The "àDisposition" project pursues the goal of making interim uses simple and sustainable thanks to modular installations. The BFH researchers produced four prototypes together with the project partners and set…
Energy Cluster invites to one-day course on photovoltaic façades
Energy Cluster invites interested parties to a one-day course on photovoltaic façades. At the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts on 12 September, the focus will be on the…
Synhelion and Cemex scale up solar clinker to industrial level
Synhelion and the Mexican cement producer Cemex are recording further progress in the development of fully solar-powered cement plants. After a pilot project, they raised the production of clinker to…
Foldable solar roof from iWorks is validated
Called the Urbanbox, iWorks' flexible photovoltaic solution has received scientific proof from a team at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences that it meets practical requirements. The foldable system is…
AMAG commissions second photovoltaic plant in Cham
AMAG has installed the second photovoltaic system in Cham on the roof of the public AMAG car park. As with the AMAG Zug site, which will open in June 2023,…
Dormakaba is a practice partner in EU research on building management
The company dormakaba, which specialises in access management for buildings, is the only practical partner participating in the openDBL research project funded by the European Union. The aim is to…