Suissetec Campus: Lighthouse of building technology
The Suissetec Campus in Lostorf SO is the first Minergie site in Switzerland. In November, a pioneering new building for building technology will be opened. Müller Wüst AG, a Debrunner Acifer company, has created a digital fabrication model for it as a sponsor.
The Suissetec Campus in Lostorf, Solothurn, is one of three training centers of the Swiss-Liechtenstein Building Technology Association Suissetec. The association is currently expanding and modernizing the campus. The first step was to add a new two-storey building to the training center, which houses modern workshops, laboratories and training rooms.
Interdisciplinary training and hybrid forms of learning
Modern infrastructure creates new opportunities in education and training: Digital tools allow for flexible, hybrid forms of learning. In the workshops, plumbers and heating engineers will work together on an interdisciplinary basis in future, and plumbing work, for example, can be practiced 1:1 in a concrete shell as an outdoor work station. "The apprentices will work with real materials, but also practice digitally with virtual reality glasses," explains Suissetec Director Christoph Schaer.
First certified Minergie site
In future, the Suissetec Campus will supply itself 100 percent with renewable, CO2-neutral energy. The main pillars of the energy concept are photovoltaic systems and a combined heat and power plant. The new building carries the Minergie A label, which certifies, among other things, that the building produces more energy than it consumes over the year and is CO2-free in operation. In September 2023, the Suissetec Campus became the first site in Switzerland to receive the Minergie site certificate.
Digital fabrication model from Müller Wüst
Müller Wüst AG, which belongs to Debrunner Acifer AG, has developed a digital fabrication model of the plumbing and heating pipes in new buildings as a service sponsor. The 3D fabrication model is at the heart of the MW method developed by Müller Wüst. Managing Director Stefan Wüst explains: "The MW method uses digital technologies and model-based processes for a precise assembly process designed for maximum efficiency."
He is convinced that model-based work will prevail: "Installations can be completed twice as quickly as with conventional processes - this is the assembly method of the future." On November 16, suissetec will celebrate the opening of the new building with an open day.
Source: www.suisstec.ch
