A/S Architecture & Building Systems

📢 Submit your abstracts by October 31, 2024 🌍 The Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2025 #SBE25 will take place on June 25-27, 2025 at ETH Zürich, under the theme “Shaping Tomorrow: Systems Thinking in the Built Environment.” The event is hosted by #ETHZürich in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Universität Liechtenstein, and Technische Universität Graz. 🏢🔗 We welcome abstracts highlighting interdisciplinary, cross-sector, multifunctional, multiscale, multidomain, and multistakeholder perspectives in the built environment. 📚 Key Dates: 1️⃣ Abstract Submission Deadline: October 31, 2024 2️⃣ Full Paper Submission (for accepted abstracts): January 31, 2025   Conference Highlights The built environment is responsible for more than 40% of global emissions and resource consumption. Systems thinking plays a pivotal role in achieving climate neutrality and circularity by balancing trade-offs across various functions, scales, and sectors. 🌿🏗️ Core Topics Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Renewable & Regenerative Solutions for Construction Social Sustainability Decision Support & Policymaking for Sustainability 🔗 Visit our website to learn more and submit your abstract. We eagerly anticipate your innovative contributions and look forward to welcoming you to Zurich in 2025! Please share this with anyone who might be interested. 🌏✨ Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Guillaume Habert, Dr. Fernanda Belizario Silva, Annette Walzer, Shuyan Xiong, Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf, Vanessa Costalonga, Prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter, Alessandra Gabaglio, Prof. Dr. Alexander Passer, Prof. Dr. Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade, Giovanna Cassavia, Prof. Dr. Thomas Lützkendorf, Prof. Dr. Lindsay Blair Howe

🌟 Thank you for joining us at the hashtag#BauHow5 Event on "Decarbonisation of the Built Environment: Current and Future Needs and the Role of Architecture Universities," at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, @ethzurich @arch.ethz A special thanks goes to the hosts, Prof. Dr. Thaleia Konstantinou from @tudelft and Prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter from ETH Zürich, and to the experts who joined us sharing their knowledge and vision. 🌍 Key Takeaways: The urgency to decarbonize our built hashtag#environment was the centerpiece of our discussions. As educators and researchers, we explored our pivotal role in guiding the future generation of architects and informing policymakers and stakeholders. The event underscored the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, spanning topics such as: - Development of new, #biobased material for building applications - Buildings as #carbon and material banks - Simplicity and sufficiency in building construction and function - User-centric design - Design for #reuse and for #disassembly - Data and digital twins of buildings and cities - #Energy communities and Supply/Demand management. - Synergy between building, energy, and infrastructure - Business models and value - Multi-disciplinarity and multi-objective decision-making. 🔗 We look forward to seeing you at our next #BauHow5 gatherings. Let’s stay connected and keep the conversation going! Orkun Kasap, Prof. Holger Wallbaum, Prof. Henk Visscher, Prof. Thomas Auer, Prof. Dimitrios Rovas, Prof. Stephan Birk, Prof. Jacqueline Pauli, Frank van der Hoeven, Prof. Liane Thuvander, Dr. Aurore Julien

🌏 DESIGN FOR CLIMATE - Earth & Sun ☀️ Today, we were at the Final Crits of our Design Studio with Roger Boltshauser @studioboltshauser and the Chair of Architectural Behaviorology by Prof. Dr. Momoyo Kaijima @momoyokaijima at @ethzurich Our talented students explored the impact of earth and sun on the #Humanitas building in Valle di Blenio, Acquarossa, #Ticino. Through integrated design and simulations, they developed a deep understanding of the essential parameters and metrics related to energy, emissions, and comfort in building design. Their innovative proposals successfully combine low-carbon principles with architectural design quality. Curious to see the results? Stay tuned, we will publish them here soon! Core Team / A. Schlüter, Esther Borkowski, Valeria Piccioni, Illias Hischier, Gustavo Bittencourt and Samuel Kummer Internal Collaborators / Prof. Kaijima and Prof. Boltshauser, together with their Assistants Kelly Man, Lowis Gujer, Rafael Schäfer, Samuel Dayer and Matthias Peterseim External Collaborators / Wolfram Kübler, Ben Nott and Ivana Not

📢 Join us for the next #BauHow5 event: "Decarbonisation of the Built Environment: Current and Future Needs and the Role of Architecture Universities" 📅 When: Friday, 14th June 2024, 9.00-12.30 📍 Where: Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich, Campus Hoenggerberg, Building HIB, Open Space 2-3, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 1, 8093 Zurich This is a free public event. No registration is required. Hosted by Thaleia Konstantinou @tudelft and Prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter @ethzurich this one-day event will bring together leading researchers from BauHow5, the European alliance of five top universities in Architecture and the Built Environment. 🔍 Scope and Objective The urgency to decarbonize our built environment cannot be overstated. As educators and researchers, we hold the pivotal role of guiding the future generation of architects and informing #policymakers and #stakeholders. 👨‍🏫 The goal of this one-day event is, on the one hand, to provide each other with insights on the ongoing research that supports the Decarbonization of the Built Environment, and on the other hand, to identify key research areas and complementarities and define strategies for the interaction between research and teaching. Session 1 Experts: Thaleia Konstantinou, Delft University of Technology Orkun Kasap, ETH Zürich Prof. Holger Wallbaum, @chalmers.university Prof. Henk Visscher, Delft University of Technology Prof. Thomas Auer, @tu.muenchen Prof. Dimitrios Rovas, @ucl Session 2 Experts: Prof. Arno Schlueter, ETH Zürich Prof. Stephan Birk, Technical University of Munich Prof. Jacqueline Pauli, ETH Zürich Frank van der Hoeven, Delft University of Technology Prof. Liane Thuvander, Chalmers University of Technology Dr. Aurore Julien, UCL Find the full program and more information on our website. Picture: ETH Zurich

What makes our solar simulator shine are its custom #LED light chips. These tiny, but powerful components are the result of a fruitful collaboration between our chair and Seoul Semiconductor, Future Electronics and RENA Electronica. For their technology and design, the LED chips and light source were nominated at the Light + Building #Awards 2024 / #Architeller. If you are in Frankfurt, don’t miss the final presentation on March 5th, 17h at the Messe Frankfurt GmbH #ZCBS #lab #buildingsystems #ethzurich #solarsimulator #technology #sustainability

In this semester's studio "Design for Climate – Earth & Sun", we will investigate earthen and bio-based materials and the sun as a provider of abundant energy for creating place and space. Our aim is to apply a comprehensive methodology for the integrated design of a mixed-use building in the Valle di Blenio, Ticino, that combines low-carbon principles with architectural design quality. The students will gain a thorough understanding of the essential parameters and metrics related to energy, emissions, and comfort in building design. This experimental studio will be carried out by our chair, Prof. Arno Schlueter, with Prof. Roger Boltshauser, Prof. Momoyo Kaijima, together with the client and architect of the project, as well as experts on earth construction and solar energy. For our first session today, we were joined by Benjamin Nott, collaborator on the Innosuisse #flagship project "Think Earth". #thinkearth #ethzurich #teaching #buildingsystems #climatedesign #sustainability #designforclimate

The sun is shining! 🌞 We are delighted to announce that the Zero Carbon Building Systems #ZCBS lab's LED artificial sun is shining and moving! The artificial sun is made up of hundreds of powerful light-emitting diodes and is housed in an artificial atmosphere chamber. A wide range of desired conditions can be created in terms of solar radiation, temperature and humidity. A test cell can be used to test new building envelopes, materials and building services components for #heating, #ventilation, #lighting, #humidification and dehumidification in different climates around the world. Watch the video and let us know what you think! Additional information about the lab can be found on our website. We would like to thank our team and partners for making the #ZCBS lab possible: @ethzurich Team: Prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter, Director; Dr. Illias Hischier, Research Lead; Marco Baur, LED Solar Simulator Lead, Facility Project Manager Phase 2; Gabriel Kreuzer, Systems Integration; Erik Jan De Best, Systems Integration; Dominique Maritz, Systems Integration; Moritz Begle, Facility Project Manager Phase 1 Industry Partners: Siemens, WOLF-Heizung-Klimatechnik GmbH, SageGlass - Saint-Gobain Funding Support: ETH Foundation, SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation Constructions Partners: Aepli Metallbau AG, Alltech, Bertschinger Innenausbau AG, Brönnimann Hoch- & Tiefbau AG, Burckhardt Partner GmbH, Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG, Eglin Elektro AG, Frei+Partner Haustechnikplanung AG, Future Electronics, GIFAS-ELECTRIC Switzerland, Hälg & Co. AG, Heizmann AG, JUNGENERGIE AG, Koster AG, Lyner Haustechnik AG, marti engineering ag, Meier + Co. AG, Müpa AG, Pamo Gerüste AG, Rena, Schmid AG, Schmidiger + Rosasco AG, Seoul Semiconductor, Siemens Schweiz AG, vetschpartner Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Waldhauser + Hermann AG, Werner Stauffer AG, Wolf AG, Emch+Berger Group+, Senn Technology 🎥 Video: @apskalns #buildingsystems #artificialsun #solarsimulator #climatechamber #architecture #facades #ethzurich #aroundtheworld #zcbslab #zerocarbon #sustainablebuildings Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich

Interested in local solar energy trading 🌞, exploring energy consumption in Zurich and Singapore ⚡, or uncovering mobility patterns from mobile phone logs 📲? Then check out our Powering the City #POW research in Augmented Reality! Chen Chiu, under the supervision of Christoph Waibel, has developed an incredible #AR app that allows you to explore our research through visually immersive overlays on #3D printed models. Feel free to browse the open-source #code on #Github #linkinbio Thanks to Jidong Kang (energy trading), Jiazu Zhou (mobility), Martín Mosteiro Romero (energy demand) for generating the data! Find out more about Powering the City on our website. #AugmentedReality #BIPV #Photovoltaics #SustainableCities Future Cities Laboratory Global #FCL #FCLGlobal

We are very proud of our installation at the FCL Global conference! The two LED-light domes visualize time-resolved data (dynamic grid emissions, building energy demand, solar irradiation, air temperature) throughout the year in Zurich and Singapore, while the AR application illustrates EV mobility flow, ZEV local PV energy trading, and building energy demand. In our research in the Powering the City" (POW) module, we find architectural, technical, infrastructural, and socioeconomic solutions to a large-scale urban decarbonization by increasing solar energy production on buildings. For those who couldn't make it to the conference at the ETH Zurich Main Building last week, the exhibition is still open to the public at Campus Hönggerberg until May 2024! Big thanks to the whole team from Zurich, Singapore, Gothenburg and New York: Justin McCarty, Ayca Duran, Maximilian Gester, Alina Galimshina, Jidong Kang, Jiazu Zhou, Seanglidet Yean, Shin Woei Leow, Roger Boltshauser, Tien Foo Sing, Yuming Fu, Francis Bu-Sung Lee, Markus Schläpfer, Alexander Hollberg, Alessandra Gabaglio, Christoph Waibel, Arno Schlueter and the Master in Integrated Building Systems, ETH Zürich's students Rino Sogno and Chen Chiu who have developed the LED-light domes and AR applications as part of their semester projects.

With more than 10 paper presentations and one Best Paper Award, we can definitely say that #CISBAT 2023 was a success! Congratulations to all the contributors and our team, especially to Justin McCarty, Dr. Christoph Waibel, Dr. Alina Galimshina, Prof. Dr. Alexander Hollberg and Prof. Dr. Arno Schlueter who have won the Best Paper Award with: “Do we need a saw? Carbon-based analysis of facade BIPV performance under partial shading from nearby trees.” The paper explores the impact of shading from trees on BIPV #performance and the potential conflict between the carbon sequestration benefits of trees and the carbon mitigation benefits of #BIPV. The results indicate that the removal of trees has a negative influence on the carbon balance of the building when considering #LCA. Other features of the model space such as the grid carbon intensity or the configuration of the BIPV array carry more significance for #energy production and lifecycle carbon emissions. #sustainability #carbonemissions #architecture

The #IBPSA Building Simulation 2023 conference in #Shanghai has wrapped up, and we would like to share with you this successful experience! 🎉 Members of our team Esther Borkowski, Ayca Duran, Valeria Piccioni and Alberto Silvestri presented a total of four papers (find an overview below). Alberto Silvestri also had the opportunity to give a presentation on “Real-World Insights on the Real Implementation of #DRL Controllers in Buildings" during the "Advanced Data Analytics for the #Energy Management of Grid-Interactive Smart Buildings" workshop, and Esther Borkowski chaired a session and was part of the Best Student Paper Award Committee. The topics of our four paper presentations were: - Esther Borkowski: "Thermal and uncertainty analysis of a lightweight floor with integrated TABS and ventilation system” - Ayca Duran: "A parametric approach to evaluate the impact of BIPV facades on outdoor thermal comfort in different urban contexts" - Alberto Silvestri: "Data-driven reduced order modelling using clusters of thermal dynamics" - Valeria Piccioni: "Challenges in modelling thermo-optical performance of 3D-printed facades: a cross-domain review" The #IBPSA Publications Committee will make the papers publicly available soon on the IBPSA website. Thank you for this insightful experience and see you in two years in Brisbane, Australia #IBPSA2025

What is driving the deployment of photovoltaic #PV and building-integrated photovoltaics #BIPV, and how does this contribute to the necessary energy transition? These are some of the questions that our research module "Powering the City" (POW) will discuss as part of the Future Cities Laboratory Global #FCL Conference on October 12th and 13th, 2023. #POW will also be part of a public exhibition at the ETH Zürich Zentrum campus. We look forward to sharing our findings with you and having critical discussions about PV and a sustainable built environment. Stay tuned! You are still on time to register for the #FCL conference. Find the link and more information on our website #linkinbio