Nico Pfändler

Work at ZHAW

Teaching

BSc Elective Managing Circular Economy

Projects

• Adding value to wood from sustainable forests and cascading use of wood residue in Jujuy, Argentina / Project leader / ongoing
• Establishing a nutrient loop to improve city region food system resilience / Project leader / ongoing
• Water and Nutrient Circularity as a Service / Co-project leader / completed
• Life Cycle Assessment for greenhous gas savings of a battery rack producer / Deputy project leader / completed
• Green!Tea: Renewable Energy for the Vietnamese tea sector / Project leader / completed
• Pay Per Use Benchmark Study in the Industry / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Pfister, S. M., Kendzia, M. J., & Pfändler, N. (2025). Impact of socio-economic factors on self-leadership in the US. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 15(1), 635–651. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v15-i1/24089

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Aubert, A., Grau, M., Meylan, G., & Pfändler, N. (2024, November 14). Water and Nutrient Circularity as a Service (WaNCaaS) : a feasibility study for new business models to close the water and nutrient cycles in the food industry. FTAL Conference 2024 – Circular Economy, Lugano, Switzerland, 14-15 November 2024.

Other publications

Grau, M., Aubert, A., Pfändler, N., & Meylan, G. (2026). Wasser- und Nährstoffkreisläufe schliessen. Aqua & Gas, 2026(4), 54–57.

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