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Dr. Tim Walmsley from the University of Waikato (New Zealand) visited OST from 23–27 June 2025
Thanks for the inspiring visit and partnership across hemispheres
Identification of District Heating and Cooling system archetypes: a novel approach applied to a case study in Switzerland
A novel bottom-up methodology to identify representative District Heating and Cooling (DHC) system archetypes in Switzerland
Plan K AG gewinnt den Building Award 2025 in der Kategorie Energiesysteme und Gebäudetechnik
Am 24. Juni 2025 durfte die Plan K AG aus Suhr den Building-Award 2025 entgegennehmen
BFE-Tagung zur Schweizer Wärmepumpenforschung, 12. Juni 2025, Eventfabrik, Bern
Wärmepumpen gelten als Schlüsseltechnologie zur Dekarbonisierung des Gebäude- und Industriesektors.
4th DeCarbCH Annual Networking Conference
3-4 March 2025, Seminar-Konferenzhotel, Olten
Save the date!
Survey on challenges of integrating business sustainability: Results
ZHAW thanks the 125 firms that took the time to respond to our questionnaire.
Modeling framework SCOVILLE developed by ZHAW
SCOVILLE (Strategy Cockpits for Orchestrated Implementation of Thermal Grids in Cities and Municipalities) is a quantitative dynamic model
ReWAX – Smaller heat pump dimensioning by X-to-Energy for peak load coverage
This research project analyses which energy carrier X is suitable to replace fossil-fueled peak load coverage in the future.
PeakMetal – Covering winter peaks of heat and electricity demand by «renewable metal fuels»
The research project PeakMetal (December 2022 to December 2023) was co-funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
2nd International Conference on the Metal-enabled Cycle of Renewable Energy (MeCRE)
In November 2024, the 2nd MeCRE conference took place in Darmstadt
Factsheets on the Integration of Solar Energy in District Heating
SWEET DeCarbCH has established 7 factsheets on the Integration of Solar Energy in District Heating
3rd SWEET Conference 2024, 4 September 2024, Eventforum Bern
The conference offered a platform for exchange between research and implementation. A focus was on “Communication to business and politics”.
2. Tagung zum Energie- und Nachhaltigkeitsrecht, 30. August 2024
Das Thema der Grenzen der Regulierung im Energierecht wird aus rechtlicher, politischer, technischer und ökonomischer Warte beleuchtet.
Heat pumps show their muscle
Feedback and article from the heat pump conference in Bern in June 2024 organized by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
Leveraging product-specific exemplar profiles: Heat pump integration in the Swiss chocolate industry
The study identifies key integration opportunities for HPs that are both economically viable and environmentally impactful