EPFL scientist Sascha Nick has outlined a completely new scenario for what housing and neighborhoods might look like in Switzerland in the coming decades. His recommendations would put the country on track to meet...
The elevated temperatures this summer prompted many of us to crank up the air conditioning. In Switzerland, the energy used for cooling is approaching that for heating. What does that mean for power grids?...
Extreme heatwaves are on the rise. When do they become critical for forest trees? In the hot summer of 2023, a research team led by EPFL and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow...
Solar energy, which is both abundant and free, is poised to become the world’s leading power source by 2050. That’s thanks largely to technological advances and the unbridled manufacturing of solar cells, which bodes...
Feeding ten billion people by 2050 will be a formidable challenge. Especially considering that 10% of the world’s population is already hungry today and that around 30% is malnourished. And to achieve zero hunger...
To prevent Lake Geneva from becoming a garbage dump: for many years, the City of Morges has been relying on the support of the “Communauté d’intérêts pour un monde propre” (IGSU) to curb littering....
Switzerland’s heat supply is to become CO2-neutral by 2050. With the “Heat Strategy 2050”, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) shows which measures can be used to achieve this goal. Today, the heating...
