The ENAC faculty has 2 regional branches on the extended campuses of the EPFL. One in Fribourg and the other in Sion, Valais.
Since 2015 the ENAC Faculty is present in Fribourg, in the Smart Living Lab, a research and development center for the future of the built environment, in the blueFACTORY innovation district. A futur building under construction will be at the cutting edge of efficient resource use over its complete life cycle. Its construction comes 30 years in advance of Switzerland’s 2050 energy targets.
ALPOLE is a new research center at EPFL’s Valais Wallis campus in Sion.
Its researchers aim to better understand and predict environmental changes in high-altitude and high-latitude regions, in Switzerland and other locations around the world that are experiencing a rapid, unprecedented transformation. This transformation is of global, regional and local relevance for natural ecosystems, the built environment and human well-being.