Siemens building control products, multidisciplinary building management systems and software offerings from the broad Building Technologies portfolio can be easily adapted to individual applications and form the basis for digitized buildings. As a leading smart building company, Siemens transforms data into practical, actionable insights to help customers create exceptionally user-friendly and efficient buildings. Under the motto "Creating Perfect Places", Building Technologies' goal remains to make buildings comfortable, safe and efficient.

Self-optimizing building

With the new Intelligent Valve series, Building Technologies complements its range of smart devices. The self-optimizing, dynamic valves with cloud connection for heating groups and ventilation and air conditioning systems can optimize operation and increase energy efficiency. The devices control flow, measure temperature and power, and adjust valve settings to the heat exchanger.

The Intelligent Valves can be configured in the cloud and commissioned quickly and error-free via an app and Wi-Fi. The devices can be mounted flexibly, taking into account the available space. The flow sensor, valve and controller box can be mounted separately. Thanks to the possibility of loading additional functions from the cloud at any time, the Intelligent Valve always remains up-to-date.

The Actuating DXR, an addition to the successful Desigo Room Automation portfolio, combines a room controller and a damper actuator for variable air volume (VAV) and fan-powered box applications in one compact unit. By combining the two products, installation time and costs are reduced as no wiring is required between the controller and the damper actuator and only one unit needs to be mounted.

In an area of the booth specifically dedicated to engineering, Building Technologies will be demonstrating a range of products, applications and tools for efficient project planning, commissioning, reporting and maintenance of its in-house products and solutions. ABT Site is the engineering tool for Siemens building automation systems, while ABT Go is a mobile version that provides additional efficiency on site.

In addition to the above-mentioned trade fair highlights, Building Technologies will be presenting further product innovations in the areas of building management, room automation and field devices. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the offerings for planners and architects are another focus of the trade show presentation.

www.siemens.ch

 

 

 

The Candriam fund (LU1864481467) invests in listed companies developing products and services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Science has made some progress in oncology, nevertheless the outlook for cancer patients is often still poor. Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Statistically, 40 percent of all men and women will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives. By 2030, the number of cancer deaths worldwide is expected to increase by 60 percent, from eight to 13 million annually (see Source 2).

Hope medical innovations
Immunotherapy, targeted therapy, liquid biopsy, tumor genome sequencing, nanotechnology, robotic surgery, artificial intelligence and Big Data - every day medical advances give new hope to cancer patients and their families. But innovations in cancer treatment also impact many other sectors, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence and research, as well as companies around the world.

Candriam Equities L Oncology Impact supports the development of numerous new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The aim is to invest in breakthrough innovations that significantly improve the treatment of the disease.

Rudi Van den Eynde, Head of Thematic Equity at Candriam says: "There are many advances in the treatment of many diseases, especially cancer. We want to invest in companies with strong growth potential. With our expertise and twenty years of experience in managing a biotechnology fund, we are very well positioned to do so. The team includes two analysts with PhDs.It is also supported by an independent advisory group of leading cancer researchers."

High societal benefit expected

Vincent Hamelink, Chief Investment Officer of Investment Management adds: "New treatments and innovative technologies will continue to grow the international oncology market. Our new Candriam Equities L Oncology Impact is designed to generate returns for investors while also supporting cancer research - creating important societal benefits. By becoming even more involved in this area and also donating ten percent of the fund's management fee, we want to participate directly in the fight against cancer."

Candriam Equities L Oncology Impact is a sub-fund of Candriam Equities L, a Luxembourg SICAV (Société d'investissement à capital variable) managed by Candriam Luxembourg. The fund is currently authorized for distribution in the following countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Candriam, the innovative European asset manager already manages assets totaling over three billion euros in its biotechnology, robotics and demographics strategies.

www.candriam.com

 

2 Sources: National Institute of Health (NIH) and World Health Organization (WHO)

General note: To fully understand the risk profile of the fund, Candriam recommends that investors carefully read the official prospectus and risk description. The prospectus, the latest annual and semi-annual reports and other important information about the fund are available in English or in the language of the countries in which the fund is authorized for distribution. 

 

 

The 10th KMU Award was held on January 31, 2019 at the Umwelt Arena Schweiz in Spreitenbach in front of a full house. At the festive award ceremony, Martin Scholl, Chairman of the Executive Board of Zürcher Kantonalbank, welcomed the nominated finalists and the more than 650 invited representatives from business, science and politics.

The main prize in 2019 was won by Türenfabrik Brunegg AG from Brunegg (AG). Diebold & Zgraggen Gartenbau AG from Fislisbach (AG) and Wyon AG from Appenzell Steinegg (AI) followed in second and third place. Two special prizes were awarded to different yet dedicated small businesses. The special prize for exemplary small business was won by Nanovis GmbH from Illnau-Effretikon; the special prize for exceptional performance was awarded to Webrepublic AG from Zurich.

360 Degree Engagement

Out of around 50 applications, ten companies made it to this year's finals of the prize, which is endowed with a total of CHF 150,000; five of them received awards. The jury, made up of representatives of Zürcher Kantonalbank, the partners CCRS (Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability) and öbu (Network for Sustainable Business), as well as well-known SME representatives, assessed the participating companies with regard to current and forward-looking aspects from the fields of business, management, the environment and society. According to the organizer, 2,750 pages of jury dossiers and 222 hours of jury meetings were spent.

In second place, the jury selected Diebold & Zgraggen Gartenbau AG from Fislisbach (AG), a leading horticultural company in the canton of Aargau with core competencies in garden planning, horticulture and garden maintenance. In its statement, the jury emphasized the very broad and sustainable range of services provided by the company. Sustainable garden maintenance, they said, already plays a decisive role in the planning stage.

The same applies to the high level of biodiversity in planting and natural weed control. The above-average proportion of apprentices is also impressive.

Third place went to the technology company Wyon AG from Appenzell Steinegg (AI). The Swiss family-owned company is now a global leader in the technology of small and micro-sized rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. "Wyon's rechargeable micro batteries make a significant contribution to sustainability. The strong regional roots, the promotion of education, the cooperation with Swiss suppliers and the consistent implementation of building sustainability were also convincing," as ZKB Vice Director Christoph Weber explained the choice.

Deserved special awards

In addition to the three main prizes, two special prizes were again awarded: Zürcher Kantonalbank awarded the special prize for exemplary small business to Nanovis GmbH from Illnau-Effretikon (ZH). The Zurich-based company is a pioneer in the manufacture of environmentally friendly cleaning systems and recyclable cleaning agents for the printing industry and serves a broadly diversified customer portfolio with major international customers. In 2007, the company already won an innovation award presented by the trade journal Umwelt Perspektiven.

The special award for exceptional performance went to Webrepublic AG from Zurich. The leading agency in the field of digital marketing operates in a forward-looking, rapidly changing and highly competitive industry and has clients all over the world. At its headquarters in Zurich, cultural diversity is practiced and creativity and exchange are encouraged in the office space.

Winner trophy designed by ZHdK

The designer of the trophy for the ZKB SME Award 2019 is Leo Hess. The artwork designed especially for the ZKB KMU Prize symbolizes the three values of economic efficiency, ecological sustainability and social justice and is always designed by students of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) as part of a call for entries from Zürcher Kantonalbank. With the implementation, the design student won a prize money of CHF 10,000.

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To what extent are big banks involved in greenhouse gas emissions? Credit Suisse and UBS are heavily involved in business with fossil fuel companies, according to Greenpeace Switzerland. As Greenpeace Switzerland already revealed in 2018, from 2015 to 2017 the two big banks provided a total of $12.3 billion to 47 companies that harness particularly dirty, so-called extreme fossil fuels [1]. These include coal, oil from tar sands, the Arctic and deep sea, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) [2].

Credit Suisse prevails

Greenpeace Switzerland had the emissions resulting from this financing calculated by ISS-Ethix from Zurich and evaluated by the data provider "right. based on science" from Frankfurt. The report shows that the two big banks financed a total of 182.9 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions with the 12.3 billion US dollars in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Credit Suisse was responsible for more than two-thirds of this.

Credit Suisse tripled its financed issuance between 2015 and 2017 - mainly through increased support for coal. UBS saw a steady decline in financed issuance.

Versus climate agreement

In the period under review, 2017 was particularly damaging for the climate: Two years after the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, the two major banks financed 93.9 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions via the 47 companies studied. That is about twice as many emissions as Switzerland produces domestically in one year [3]. Credit Suisse contributed by far the most to the climate-damaging business with 82.6 million tons.

It should be noted that the environmental footprint of the two banks from 2015 to 2017 will have been considerably higher than reported in this report. This is because the report only takes into account the climate impact of the financing of 47 companies in the extreme fossil energy sector. A high number of unreported financed emissions must therefore be expected.

Eleven of the analyzed companies financed by Credit Suisse and UBS are known to be actively engaged in climate-skeptic lobbying, aimed at preventing or watering down climate legislation. These include Duke Energy, BP, American Electric Power and RWE.

Risks for companies

Banks are not only harming climate stability with their financing, they are also exposing themselves to high risks. For the report, the extent to which these companies are exposed to climate-relevant physical risks - for example, extreme weather events such as heavy precipitation, storms and heat waves - and the time horizon in which these risks come to bear were analyzed for 34 of 47 companies.

One of the things that becomes apparent is that Credit Suisse provides significantly more funding for companies that are exposed to high climate-related risks in the short term (a period of three years) compared to UBS. "If the climate-relevant physical - and also regulatory - risks materialize, there is a risk that the banks will have to write off significant parts of the financing.

That's why more and more investors and banks are looking at climate change as a financial risk, not just a reputational one," says Katya Nikitenko, a financial expert at Greenpeace Switzerland.

Commenting further, Nikitenko said, "With this report, we can once again show that Credit Suisse and UBS are fueling climate change. They could instead play an active and leading role in the transition to a low-carbon economy."

Greenpeace is calling on the two major banks to make a binding public statement this year on how they intend to bring their financial flows into line with the Paris climate agreement. In addition, there must be an immediate withdrawal from the financing of companies that do business with coal and tar sands.

 

More information:

- Download the report "An Analysis of Fossil Fuel Emissions Financed by Credit Suisse and UBS."

- The factsheet "Swiss banks and the issues they finance" on the report.

 

Notes

[1] "Swiss Banks at the End of the Fossil Fuel Age." The report is based on the "Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2018" by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club and Honor The Earth - supported by over 50 organizations around the world, including Greenpeace USA.

[2] Extreme fossil fuels refer to non-conventional hydrocarbons, such as extreme oil (tar sands, Arctic and deep sea oil), liquefied natural gas (LNG), coal mining and coal-fired power plants. These fossil fuel choices are based on reports from the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which identified oil and gas projects with the highest financial risk if we are to succeed in keeping global warming well below 2 degrees. The entire coal sector is also included because of its incompatibility with climate stability and serious environmental, health, and human rights impacts.

[3] According to Switzerland's greenhouse gas inventory, 48.3 million tons of greenhouse gases were emitted in 2016.

The van environmental list is the only environmental rating for vans in Switzerland and has established itself as the "Michelin Guide" for ecologically conscious van or minibus purchases. The list takes into account the impact on climate, health and the environment. As with passenger cars, the emissions of the climate gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) is the most important evaluation criterion.

The leading brands have VCS  and topten.ch in clearly arranged Topten lists online. Click here to go directly to the vans available on the Swiss market that have been assessed by VCS:

• Electric commercial vehicles
• High roof station wagon
• Box van
• Minibus
• Pick-up
• Flatbed truck

The detailed guidebook from VCS is now available here:

Guide to buying vans and minibuses (VCS, Dec. 2018).

To find out how banks most effectively approach their sustainability engagement, Polarstern commissioned a group of applied psychology students to take a close look at Swiss banks' current sustainability communications. Excerpts from Polarstern's study:

Sustainability as a core competence
If you ask Wikipedia about Swiss banking, you still read in the first sentence about a "comparatively conservative and sustainable investment". Thus, the topic of sustainability already seems to be included in the Swiss banks' recipe for success. But economic sustainability is also increasingly dependent on ecological and social sustainability.

For example, investments in fossil fuels are becoming increasingly unattractive, while renewable energies are in vogue in the investment world. This makes it all the more important for banks to communicate their activities and commitment in the area of sustainability properly and effectively.

Today's practice under the magnifying glass
The FHNW students are investigating the questions of how and what banks already report on this topic today and what effect they achieve with it. For example, which stakeholders are the main targets of communication?

Which channels are used for which topics and which are the most common labels for certification? In terms of content, it is possible that certain activities in sustainability are communicated very frequently and prominently, while others take place in the background. So which projects are suitable for external communication, which are not, and most importantly, why? An already established sustainability communication element is the sustainability report that many banks publish each year. Here, too, the students will collect data and take a close look at how banks design this report and what significance it has for the company.

With the goal in mind
Finally, the most interesting question is what the right communication actually does and how this can be measured (see here also the research paper on the Controlling in sustainability communication).

www.polarstern.ch

 

Long-term sustainable construction brings benefits for all sides, which more and more builders and investors have recognized. Since August 2016, the SNBS 2.0 Building Construction has provided the industry for the first time with a comprehensive, domestic and certifiable standard for sustainable construction that is enjoying growing popularity.

The fact that the SNBS certificate has already been awarded for two buildings (the "Twist Again" service building in Bern and the new building for the International Olympic Committee IOC in Lausanne) can be seen as a great success. In addition, the certification body responsible, SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA (SGS), reports 30 buildings in the inspection process and 150 applications.

Successful building - sustainable building
The fact that the planning instrument and the certification are experiencing a continuously increasing demand is due to various factors: The challenges and demands of sustainable construction are becoming increasingly complex and the requirements of investors and users are rising.

As today's building projects are being developed, especially for the coming generation of today's 15 to 24 year olds, their needs must be taken into account to a special degree. They have different requirements for modern technologies, are at the same time oriented towards personal values and demand ethical correctness as well as more responsibility towards the environment.

This is where the SNBS planning tool comes in. It offers investors, planners and builders a practical, impact-oriented tool for developing the right solutions. As an online tool and criteria description, it supports builders in planning new and renovated buildings sustainably in the long term.

The standard also enables the needs of society, the economy and the environment to be taken into account equally and as comprehensively as possible in planning, construction and operation. Compared to all other sustainable building standards, it includes not only the building itself, but also the site in the context of its surroundings, i.e. also the settlement development.

Neutral confirmation that the new construction or conversion is taking a holistic and long-term view is increasingly important for building owners today vis-à-vis investors and buyers due to changing values and social as well as ecological requirements.

Elvira Bieri, Managing Director of SGS, explains: "Long-term value-preserving construction requires an overall view of conventional sustainability issues. In this way, the properties achieve a solid long-term value and offer a high quality of living. In this way, SNBS takes equal account of user interests and return on investment issues, which contributes to the success of the standard."

Adrian Grossenbacher, Buildings Specialist at the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE, adds: "The SNBS is part of the SwissEnergy building label family, the platform that brings together all the activities of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy in the fields of renewable energies and energy efficiency under one roof. The SNBS is also a logical thematic development of Minergie/MinergieEco, which is of great interest to builders, investors and users. The success of the certification is also based on the successful further development of the original standard and the efficient cooperation between politics, administration and industry."

A further 150 registrations confirm the growing interest in the planning aid in the current changing times. After all, developments relating to the coming generation, digitalization and environmental protection, are particularly challenging for the construction industry and investors.

 

The SGS Group is one of the world's largest inspection and certification companies. It employs more than 95,000 people in more than 2,400 branches and laboratories worldwide. SGS was founded in Rouen in 1878 and has been headquartered in Geneva since 1911.

In Switzerland, SGS has sites in Zurich, Geneva, Locarno and the laboratories SGS Labtox SA in Biel (asbestos laboratory), SGS Aargau GmbH in Koelliken (environmental laboratory) and SGS Atest SA in Châtel-Saint-Denis (materials testing laboratory).

www.sgs.com - SGS is the exclusive certification body for SNBS 2.0 Building Construction.
www.snbs.ch - Online tool and criteria description are available free of charge
www.snbs-cert.ch - Certification incl. auxiliary tools
www.nnbs.ch - Sustainable Building Network Switzerland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zurich does not have to hide in the sharing vehicle market. With 6.6 sharing vehicles per 1000 inhabitants, Zurich leaves major cities such as Berlin (5), London (2.1) and Vienna (0.9) well behind. With e-scooters, Zurich is also home to a new sharing service. For the fourth year in a row, ZHAW students from the Transportation Systems program have investigated existing sharing concepts in the field of mobility in seven European cities. The study "Shared Mobility" shows that sharing offers are continuously growing in Zurich, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Paris and Vienna. Overall, Paris has the largest sharing offer with almost 13 sharing vehicles per 1000 inhabitants, eight of which are bicycles and e-bikes.

Zurich at the forefront of car and e-scooter sharing

Cars, bicycles, scooters and now also e-scooters: While a total of 31,533 sharing vehicles are available in Paris, Zurich has a total of 2,821 cars, bicycles, scooters and e-scooters. According to Jonathan Suter, project manager of the study, however, the absolute figures are deceptive: "With the fleet figures, Zurich is sometimes far behind at the end of the comparison. However, if the figures are put in relation to the inhabitants, the opposite is the case." Zurich has the most of the new e-scooters available per capita. With 1.1 e-trottinetts per 1000 inhabitants, the cities of Vienna (0.39) and Paris (0.36) are relegated to second and third place. In the already established car sharing market, Zurich ranks second behind Copenhagen (1.8) with 1.2 cars per 1000 inhabitants. If all available sharing vehicles (car, P2P car, scooter, bike and e-scooter sharing) are added together, one is available to every 152 inhabitants.

American birds and limes in Zurich
In the course of the past year, new e-scooters were offered in three of the cities surveyed. With 460 new e-scooters, Zurich can count itself among the European pioneers. The e-scooters serve as a simple and trendy alternative for covering shorter distances. They are not yet cheap: after the activation fee of CHF/EUR 1, they cost CHF 0.30 or EUR 0.15 per minute. However, this is expected to change with a broader volume of traffic. The American providers Bird and Lime are present in all three cities. In Paris and Vienna, one and two other providers are active, respectively. Since last year, scooter sharing has also been available to Zurich residents for the first time, with 200 vehicles from Mobility.

Public transport and sharing - a potential dream team
It is true that the sharing market continues to grow, new providers are getting involved and fleets are being enlarged. But only bikesharing is currently experiencing noticeable growth. "Bikesharing companies are seizing the moment and offering bikes at low prices that can be picked up and dropped off almost anywhere," explains Thomas Sauter-Servaes, head of the Transportation Systems program. "That's because - unlike car sharing - the vehicles are cheaper to buy, take up less space and can be used without a driver's license."

However, Jonathan Suter also notes a shortcoming in the growth of sharing: "There is no linked system. Each sharing offer is currently still managed via its own app." Links between public transport subscriptions and sharing offers are practically non-existent. Yet scooter, bike and e-scooter sharing would provide a solution to the problem of the last mile, as Suter explains: "If you could also simply rent sharing vehicles that are available at the hubs or stops with the app or subscription card of a public transport company, such offers would certainly be used more."

www.zhaw.ch

Sustainserv examines how the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs for short - are implemented in Swiss companies? Sustainserv answers this core question and other questions in its analysis of how Swiss companies deal with the SDGs. The result: Most companies are only just beginning to take the goals into account.

Scoring system for evaluation

To evaluate the companies' approaches, the consulting firm developed a scoring system that, on the one hand, allows companies to be compared regardless of size and industry, and, on the other hand, relates their approaches to what they consider to be the ideal - "best practice" - approach.

The analysis shows that at the moment there is still a discrepancy between good intentions and actual embedding of the SDGs in corporate practice. Much remains to be done to ensure that Swiss companies contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: Only 30% of all assessed Swiss companies and 37% of companies reporting on sustainability address the SDGs.

The 58 Swiss companies that are visibly engaged with the SDGs also achieved on average only 40% of the maximum achievable score (9.2 out of 23 points). The companies are most active in prioritizing the SDGs relevant in their context. At the moment, the least developed are still company-specific goals on the SDGs, and the corresponding track record.

The SDGs most frequently prioritized by Swiss companies are:

• SDG 3: Good health care
• SDG 8: Good jobs and economic growth
• SDG 9: Innovation and infrastructure
• SDG 12: Responsible consumption
• SDG 13: Climate protection measures

This and other items reflect the intensity of engagement with the SDGs, type of corporate objective and quality of reporting on the SDGs. The detailed investigations of the present study can be found at here (English Text) study

www.sustainserv.com

 

 

Annual consumption of 3000 households saved

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In 2007, the Watt d'Or was awarded for the first time. Its aim is to publicize exceptional achievements in the energy sector. They are intended to motivate business, politics and the general public to discover the benefits of innovative energy technologies for themselves. The Watt d'Or is not endowed, so no prize money is distributed.

44 applications were submitted by the end of July 2018 for the Watt d'Or 2019 and evaluated by a team of experts. Finally, 20 entries were nominated for the final round. From these, the jury, chaired by jury president Pascale Bruderer, selected the winning projects in the four Watt d'Or categories. In addition, the jury awarded the Watt d'Or special "Transition" prize.

CATEGORY ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

DEPsys SA and IBB Energie AG
GridEye: Autopilot in the Smartgrid
DEPsys SA from Puidoux in the canton of Vaud has developed the GridEye smartgrid platform to market maturity. It supports grid operators in the task of integrating ever greater amounts of decentralized and fluctuating energy into the power grid. GridEye can be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure. Through measurements, the intelligent software learns how the grid behaves. From this, it derives information on the current state of the grid and can thus control the energy flows optimally, safely and efficiently. GridEye was installed on the Birrfeld airfield on behalf of IBB Energie AG. Since then, the 200 kW photovoltaic system on the hangar of the Aargau Aero Club has been able to feed in its maximum power without endangering grid stability.

CATEGORY RENEWABLE ENERGIES

dhp technology AG and IBC Energie Wasser Chur
Floating solar power plants: cableway technology enables dual use of infrastructure space
In order to make multifunctional use of infrastructure surfaces such as parking lots or sewage treatment plants, dhp technology AG from Zizers in the canton of Graubünden has developed the movable lightweight solar system "HORIZON" to market maturity. Thanks to cable car technology, HORIZON floats five meters above the infrastructure surface and can be folded like a hand organ. A meteo algorithm automatically extends the system when the sun is shining and retracts it in the event of strong winds or snowfall. The first large HORIZON plant was realized on behalf of IBC Energie Wasser Chur at ARA Chur and put into operation in 2018. It produces around 540,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, which covers around 20% of the wastewater treatment plant's total electricity requirements.

CATEGORY ENERGY EFFICIENT MOBILITY

BLS AG and University of Basel
Step by step to more energy efficiency
If you want to save energy, you first have to measure consumption in detail. With the idea of carrying out such a measurement campaign in rail vehicles, the emeritus physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Oelhafen found an open ear at BLS AG. The impressive measurement results have led to a comprehensive modernization program for the 36 NINA commuter trains, which will be completed in 2019. With this and further efficiency measures on the remaining rail vehicle fleets, BLS will save around 13 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, the annual consumption of over 3,000 households. Other transport companies and many partners from research and industry are involved in sub-projects of the energy-saving program initiated by Peter Oelhafen.

CATEGORY BUILDING AND SPACE

Habitat Foundation and ADEV Energy Cooperative
Erlenmatt Ost: A sustainable and colorful area with local energy production and supply
On the site of the former Deutsche Bahn freight station in Basel, the Habitat Foundation is developing the new Erlenmatt Ost urban district. The first building was occupied in 2017, and by the end of 2019 around 500 people will live there in over 200 apartments. It is already evident today that the neighborhood is lively, colorful and sustainable: in keeping with the 2000-watt society. The specifications for neighborhood sustainability are measurable and form a logical framework that is understood and lived by the residents. The ADEV energy cooperative, which has realized one of the largest solar power self-consumption communities in Switzerland, also contributes to this. When completed, Erlenmatt Ost will supply over 70% with electricity and heat produced directly on site.

WATT D'OR 2019 - SPECIAL PRICE TRANSITION

Empa, Eawag and dransfeldarchitekten ag
NEST - A Lego house as an innovation accelerator
Energy- and resource-saving innovations are making only slow progress in the building sector. The willingness of investors and developers to innovate and take risks is low, and existing solutions are often preferred. NEST, the "living lab" initiated by Empa and Eawag in 2016, aims to accelerate innovation processes in the building sector in collaboration with around 140 partners from research, industry and the public sector. Thematic "units", which can be built into NEST like Lego bricks, make this possible. One particularly attractive unit is the fully solar-powered fitness and wellness facility, which uses six times less energy than conventional facilities. It was planned by dransfeldarchitekten ag from Ermatingen.

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