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Heating control from Yuon Control saves 20 percent energy

Researchers at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts have shown that the self-learning, predictive heating control system developed by the Bernese start-up Yuon Control saves an average 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…

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Zum umweltfreundlichen Spital mit «Best Practices»

Das Forschungsprojekt „Green Hospital – Ressourceneffizienz bei Schweizer Spitälern“ füllt die Lücke ganzheitlicher Umweltbewertungen im Gesundheitssektor. Die Studie hat praxisnahe Maßnahmen identifiziert, die Spitäler effizienter und umweltfreundlicher gestalten können. Dabei…

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Quantum technology from carbon

Nanoribbons of graphene have extraordinary properties that can be precisely controlled. Researchers at Empa, Peking University and the University of Warwick have succeeded for the first time in attaching electrodes…

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Wüest Partner receives Great Place to Work certification

Wüest Partner has been awarded Great Place to Work certification for both Germany and Switzerland. With this certification, the international research and consulting institute Great Place to Work® recognises Wüest…

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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…

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Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite

Optical data communication lasers can transmit several dozen terabits per second despite many disturbing air turbulences. This has been demonstrated by scientists from ETH Zurich together with European partners between…

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Armasuisse builds alpine small wind solar plant in Surselva

In the Surselva region, construction of a combined test facility for the use of wind and solar energy for alpine electricity generation will begin in August. The project is being…

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Plant-based insulation as a CO2 sink?

Empa researchers want to develop a new type of insulating material from plant-based raw materials from waste, WHICH permanently binds the CO2 it contains by means of a special heat…

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NEST receives aviary for drone research

A kind of aviary for research on drones is to be built on the NEST research and innovation building of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research. This…

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ETH and Siemens research CO2-free buildings

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) has opened its Zero Carbon Building Systems Lab. It includes test cells, climate chambers and test rooms. Siemens has equipped this research…

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New process enables individual design of bricks

Keller companies and researchers from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts have jointly developed a new process for manufacturing bricks. This allows the surface of the bricks to…

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Construction

Innovations and challenges – windays 2023

Am 23. und 24. März fanden die windays 2023 statt, 20 Jahre nach ihrer ersten Durchführung. Die Fachtagung der Fenster- und Fassadenbranche präsentierte sich erneut als wichtiges Bindeglied zwischen Wirtschaft…

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Green light for digitally manufactured concrete staircase

The next unit in NEST, the research and innovation building of Empa and Eawag, is called "STEP2". For around two years, partners from research and industry have been working on…

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ETH Campus Hönggerberg continues to develop

Just under half of ETH members currently study and work at the Hönggerberg campus in Zurich. This campus is to be continuously developed and densified internally. The vision includes an…

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Confederation introduces new guide for location promotion

The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is introducing a new digital guide for federal location promotion. An interactive advisory tool guides users to the appropriate support or…

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NEST data center helps with heating

The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) and international partners are investigating how waste heat from micro-computer centers like NEST can be used for heating. The project…

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Strengthen Switzerland as a location for innovation and expand the lead

Die Schweizer Wirtschaft zeichnet sich durch eine enorm hohe Innovationskraft aus und konnte in den vergangenen Jahren ihre Spitzenposition weltweit trotz des starken Frankens sichern. Das Berufsbildungssystem, das enge Zusammenspiel…

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