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Innosuisse Flagship Launched to Transform Swiss Construction Industry
The Innosuisse Flagship SWIRCULAR (Circular Construction Digital Ecosystem) was officially kicked-off at the ETH Dozentenfoyer. Dr. Catharina Bening led discussions with the work package collaborators on value creation models for digital circular construction technologies.
SusTec welcomes James Kneebone as a PhD student!
James Kneebone joined the group in March 2024 as a PhD candidate focused on clean hydrogen and industrial policy.
Collaborative Pathways to Circularity: 2023 Circular Building UnConference Recap
The second Circular Building UnConference 2023 was a great success! On the 26th of October, the second edition of the Circular Building UnConference took place at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich and welcomed more than 130 people to exchange innovative and collaborative approaches to transform the building industry towards circularity.
SusTec is a key partner in the Innosuisse Flagship on digital and circular construction
SWIRCULAR, a five-year Flagship supported by Innosuisse, focuses on accelerating the use and interlinkage of digitalization and circular economy in the Swiss construction sector. SusTec will co-lead a work package together with the Berner Fachhochschule.
SusTec dives into a new format with its first teaching case study.
SusTec’s flagship award-winning lecture on Corporate Sustainability is now more accessible than ever thanks to the first teaching case study published by the group’s team on the Case Center.
SusTec at the NZZ Real Estate Days
SusTec's Senior Researcher Dr. Christof Knoeri addressed the topic of real estate decarbonization and Scope 3 emissions during his presentation at the NZZ Real Estate Days Masterclass held in Davos.
Celebrating the Success of ETH Week: Circular Realities
SusTec had the priviledge of organizing this year's ETH Week on Circular Realities with PB Labs.
New article on optimal decarbonization strategies for existing districts
Integrated energy system planning at the district level can contribute towards the sustainable transformation of the building sector by unlocking solutions beyond individual buildings. The new paper by Alicia Lerbinger, Evan Petkov, George Mavromatidis and Christof Knoeri investigates optimal decarbonization pathways for existing districts, considering investments in both, energy systems and retrofits.
New article on the role of energy storage to decarbonize the German electricity system
The new paper by Paula Thimet and Georgios Mavromatidis introduces the MANGOelec optimization model and investigates the optimal mix of energy storage technologies to decarbonize the German electricity system.
SusTec welcomes Niklas Stolz as a PhD Student!
Niklas joined the group in August and will focus on corporate transitions towards net zero.