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. and 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), pp. 635–651. doi: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v15-i1/24089.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Aubert, A. et al. (2024) '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', in FTAL Conference 2024 – Circular Economy, Lugano, Switzerland, 14-15 November 2024.

Other publications

• Pfändler, N. et al. (2026) 'Wasser- und Nährstoffkreisläufe schliessen : kann in der Lebensmittelindustrie ein neues Geschäftsmodell den Kreislauf schliessen?', Aqua & Gas, 2026(4), pp. 54–57.
• Grau, M. et al. (2026) 'Wasser- und Nährstoffkreisläufe schliessen', Aqua & Gas, 2026(4), pp. 54–57. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36352.

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