2021
| David Notzon | BG Group Prix Développement durable 2021 | Design and thermal simulation of a box-type solar cooker adapted to Ugandan conditions |
| Kavan Javanroodi | Beyond2020 Conference, Copenhagen | Best paper prize |
2020
| Yujie Wu | Chinese Government Award for outstanding self-funded Student abroad |
2019
| Andreas Schüler, Olivia Bouvard, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Fleury |
RailTech 2019 Innovation Award, Utrecht | Energy efficient windows that transmit telephone signals. |
| Andreas Schüler, Olivia Bouvard, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Fleury (as part of a team headed by BLS train company and Basel University) | Watt d’Or 2018 “Energy efficient mobility” | Nina trains energy efficiency modernisation. Contribution: energy efficient windows transparent to phone signals. |
2018
| Jing Gong, André Kostro, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schüler | Nonimaging optics best paper award – SPIE Optical Engineering & Applications, 2018, 19-20 August 2018, San Diego, CA, USA | Feasibility study on a novel daylighting system with embedded micro compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs). In Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XV (Vol. 10758, p. 1075807). International Society for Optics and Photonics. |
| A.T.D. Perera, Silvia Coccolo, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree | Outstanding paper award, ICAE 2017 papers published in Applied Energy | Quantifying the impact of urban climate by extending the boundaries of urban energy system modeling |
| Sara Torabi Moghadam | Best PhD Thesis, Politecnico di Torino, Dept. of Urban & Regional Development | Multi-Criteria Spatial Decision Support System for Urban Energy Planning in the Built Environment |
2017
| Henriques Lopes, Micael; Vauthey, Antoine (Dirs Rey, Emmanuel; Scartezzini, Jean-Louis; Dind, Aleksis) |
Prix de la Ville d’Ecublens | Projet de Master en architecture Surélévation et densification en bois du quartier de Sévelin (VD) |
2016
| Maria Cristina Munari Probst, Christian Roecker | Sustainable Building Award “Innovator of the Year 2016”, Lund, 15 November 2016 | Improved method for urban areas and urban planners to map and analyse how the integration process for buildings can be adapted for different applications in sensitive existing environments; excellent example of an architect and an engineer forming an innovative partnership. |
| Sara Vanzo (dir. Andreas Schüler) |
Best Master thesis in the field of sustainability and energy savings in buildings, Politecnico Torino, December 2016 | Novel glazing technology for building envelopes: evaluation of the energy performance and its influence on the thermal control |
| Ali Motamed, Marta Benedetti, Jean-Louis Scartezzini | Best paper award, 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality Ventilation & Energy Conservation In Buildings IAQVEC 2016, Seoul, Rep. of Korea | On the impact of integration of non-image forming (NIF) effect of light on electrical lighting control in non-residential buildings |
| Olivia Bouvard, Anna Krammer, Andreas Schüler | Second poster award, 2016 International Science & Application of Thin Films Conference SATF 2016, 19-23 September 2016 Cesme, Turkey | In situ photoelectron spectroscopy of WO3/LiPON interface for electrochromic devices |
2015
| Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun Perera | Sri Lankan President’s Award for Scientific Publications | Details |
| Jan Gorecki (dir. Jean-Louis Scartezzini) | Prix SIA Suisse et section vaudoise (mention) | Projet de Master: Elément en béton préfabriqué et la nouvelle situation énergétique: logements collectifs dans la région lausannoise. |
| Olivia Bouvard, Sara Vanzo, Andreas Schueler | IBPC 2015 International Building Physics Conference, Torino Best Poster Award |
Experimental determination of optical and thermal properties of semi-transparent photovoltaic modules based on dye-sensitized solar cells – Award |
2013
| Martin Joly, Yan Antonetti, Martin Python, Marina Gonzalez, Thomas Gascou, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schüler | Solar Energy Journal Best Paper Award 2012-2013 |
Novel black selective coating for tubular solar absorbers based on a sol-gel method |
2012
| Héloïse Sierro, Caroline Naef (dir. Jérôme Kaempf) |
Durabilis Award | Projet d’étudiant Conception holistique d’un écoquartier |
| Apiparn Borisuit | EDCE Mobility Award – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Impact of light on visual comfort |
2011
| Frédéric Haldi, Darren Robinson |
Journal of Building Performance Simulation Best Paper Award2010/2011 |
Adaptive actions on shading devices in response to local visual stimuli |
2010
| Frédéric Haldi, Darren Robinson |
Building and Environment 2010 Best Paper Award |
On the unification of thermal perception and adaptive actions |
| Lars O. Grobe, Stephen Wittkopf, Anupama Rana Panday, Xiaoming Yang (NUS), Kian Seng Ang (BCA), Jean-Louis Scartezzini (EPFL), Stephen Selkowitz (LBNL) |
International Conference on Applied Energy 2010 – Best Paper Award Finalist |
Singapore’s Zero-Energy Building’s Daylight Monitoring System [ICAE 236] |
2009
| Nathanaël Chollet, Yann Gramegna sous la supervision de Harry Gugger et Jean-Louis Scartezzini | Mention spéciale et Prix Asea Brown Boveri |
The Energy Question in the Megalopolis: another Powerhouse for Tokyo |
| Frédéric Haldi | Building Simulation 2009 Conference – Best Student Paper Award |
A Comprehensive Stochastic Model of Window Usage: Theory and Validation |
| F. Haldi, D. Robinson |
Building and Environment 2009 Best Paper Award |
Interactions with window openings by office occupants |
| J.-L. Scartezzini | Solar Energy Journal Valued Associate Editor Award |
For exceptional contribution to the quality of Solar Energy (Elsevier publication) |
2008
| Maria Cristina Munari Probst | EPFL Journée de la Recherche Prix meilleure affiche “Développement durable “ |
New: Coloured glazings for solar thermal façades |
| R. Kukreja (intern from IIT Bombay in 2007) |
Silver Medal from President of India (1st of class) |
2007
| Darren Robinson | CIBSE Napier Shaw Bronze Medal 2007 | “A simplified radiosity algorithm for general urban radiation exchange“ |
| André Kostro | Asea Brown Bovery (ABB) 2007 Award | Photonsim: development of a Monte Carlo ray tracing software for the simulation of solar concentrators Thèse de Master |
| Peter Oelhafen, Andreas Schueler |
Solar Energy Journal Best Paper in Energy Conversion Award 2005/2006 |
Nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion |
2005
| Maryline Andersen | Prix Chorafas Développement Durable 2005 | Innovative Bidirectional Video-Goniophotometer for Advanced Fenestration Systems (Thèse de doctorat 2941) |
| Manuel Bauer, LESO-PB et ESTIA SA, en collaboration avec le CSEM | Swiss Technology Award 2005 | Neurobat – Concept de chauffage à caractère prédictif (Thèse de doctorat 1792) |
| Maria Cristina Munari Probst | PLEA 2005 Best Paper Award | Integration and formal development of solar thermal collectors |
1998 – 2004
| Antoine Guillemin | Prix Chorafas Développement durable 2004 | Innovative Bidirectional Video-Goniophotometer for Advanced Fenestration Systems (PhD Thesis 2778) |
| Jean-Louis Scartezzini | Prix Solaire Européen 2001-2002 | |
| André Faist | Prix Solaire Suisse 2000 | |
| Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Raphaël Compagnon, Christian Roecker, Laurent Michel | CISBSE Walsh Weston Memorial Award (Bronze) | Bidirectional Photogoniometer for Advanced Glazing Materials Based on Digital Imaging Techniques, Lighting Research and Technology, vol. 29, num. 4, 1997, p. 197-205 |