E-Bike trial has the potential to break mobility habits

Electric bikes represent a promising energy- and carbon-efficient alternative to cars.

“We need interconnection and cooperation”

In his research at the Institute of Sustainable Development (INE), Vicente Carabias focuses on sustainable energy systems. In this interview, he shares his vision of a smart city and explains how each individual can contribute to its development.

ZHAW research and innovation at the Expo 2017 in Astana

The Expo 2017, which is dedicated to the theme of "Future Energy", opened on Saturday 10 June in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the opening week, a delegation of researchers from the ZHAW and other Swiss universities participated in international...

White paper identifies risk of false incentives in power grid financing

Self-consumption of photovoltaic electricity is being cross-subsidised with the current grid usage tariffs. Combined with private storage systems, this could have a negative impact on the efficient expansion of storage and grid infrastructure. A...

Winterthur households save energy thanks to app

In the Social Power project, households in Winterthur and Ticino tried out a fun way to reduce their power consumption using a game app and Smart Meters. In three months, the participants reduced their energy consumption by 5 per cent on average,...

Symposium Resilience Engineering

On October 23rd 2015 the Institute for Sustainable Development at the ZHAW will host an international symposium on the topic Resilience Engineering. On this symposium the leading experts will introduce this new subject and explore the motto “New...

Invitation to the final conference of the project RACE2050

On January 29, 2015, the final conference of the project RACE2050 will be held in Brussels where you are welcome to discuss with us about the future of the European transport sector.

Institute for Sustainable Development participates at regiosuisse Conference

On 24.09.2014, the team Sustainable Transport Systems presented results from the EU-project «METRIC» on the Research Market regiosuisse & Conference Regional Development 2014. The main topic this year was «Does a region need innovation? - Regional...

MSE-students discovered the industrial world in China together with Chinese students from Guangzhou

In 2014 the MSE-China Module was conducted already for the 6th time. 32 MSE master students , including also two Chinese participants from Guangzhou (Canton) participated at the four-week-course including a stay in China.

New study on operation and maintenance costs for PV systems

The institute for sustainable development (INE) and the institute for energy systems and fluid engineering are working together on a new study to better determine the costs for operation and maintenance (O&M) of photovoltaic systems. The study was...

Focal point «Sustainable energy systems»

Since May 2014, the interdisciplinary team „Sustainable energy systems” headed by Vicente Carabias has reached its targeted staff number. The team consist now of 8 employees: 3 lecturers, 4 scientific employees and one research assistant

Factsheet on wind energy

The model introduced in the article «Technologies on the test-bench» is evaluated using wind energy as an example.

Wind energy in alpine areas: energy yield before scenery impact?

An analysis of the wind energy projects in the region of Goms shows opportunities and risks, leads to new research questions and finally results in the creation of a checklist as an aid for planning and realisation of further projects.

Shaping virtual working forms in an attractive way

Virtual working forms change the working environment and blur the boundaries between working and private life.

MobINE Blog

MobINE is an active INE blog, where research results, recent developments and news in the field of transportation and sustainable mobility are regularly presented.

ZHAW is co-leading the national Competence Centre for Research in Energy, Society and Transition (SCCER5)

The commission for technology and innovations (CTI) has approved four Swiss Competence Centres for Energy Research (SCCER). ZHAW is the co-leading house of the Swiss Competence Centre for Energy Research on economics, environment, law, and behaviour...