Purpose and activities
From the start, the Building2050 group has been busy with the creation of the Smart Living Lab’s building, intended to meet the Swiss Confederation’s energy requirements for year 2050 as of now. This vast task includes many aspects to be discovered below, ranging from a holistic research program, to obtaining environmental certifications.
Acting as a centralized platform, the group also serves the Smart Living Lab research units and community, as explained further.
Acting as a centralized platform, the group also serves the Smart Living Lab research units and community, as explained further.
One of the main tasks of the Building2050 group is presently to support Smart Living Lab’s research groups by providing:
- Management and coordination of cutting-edge research facilities, such as CELLS
- Technical support
- Project coordination
- Other tools
The Building2050 group strives to encourage internal synergies within an interinstitutional environment and to promote collaboration with external partners.
In addition, it collaborates on research projects on the design of buildings with high energy efficiency and low environmental impact, such as:
One of the important tasks of the Smart Living Lab consists in knowledge transfer to academia, practitioners and industry.
In this scope, the Building2050 group is involved in:
- student coaching (master projects, student incubator)
- collaborations with industrial partners, such as the Bucaramanga workshop in 2019
- internal training at the Smart Living Lab
- collaborations with the Smart Living Lab’s Team Com