Cities account for over two-thirds of global primary energy consumption and a similar share of CO2 emissions. A new paper by SusTec Senior Research, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, with Prakhar Mehta (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität) and Danielle Griego (ETH Zurich) shows how community solar policy can accelerate PV adoption in cities to address climate change and reduce local air pollution.
In their new publication, sus.lab and Circularity show how a circular economy transformation can succeed. They analyze why the transformation is often difficult for companies, share recommendations to overcome these challenges, and portray real-life examples.
SusTec Senior Researcher, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, co-authors a letter on Science about the unique challenges young climate policy scientists face in academia and how to overcome them.
Christine Gschwendtner, Christof Knoeri and Annegret Stephan apply an innovative approach by explicitly dividing charging behavior into the plug-in behavior and the charging process.
A new study by Lucas Miehé, Maximilian Palmié (University of St. Gallen), and Pejvak Oghazi (Södertörn University) shows how complementors can integrate themselves into existing ecosystems.
On the 27th of October the Circular Building UnConference took place at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich and welcomed more than 120 people to exchange about the future of the building industry, and how we can all contribute.