All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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Feasibility study: Conversion of a wastewater treatment plant into an aquaculture
With the entry into force of the new Water Protection Act in 2016, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) must install an additional treatment stage (elimination of micro-pollutants) within the next 20 years. As an immediate consequence, municipalities have to decide whether an upgrade is worthwhile or whether they ...
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LaundReCycle South Africa
Day Zero - that's how the day was called when the city of Cape Town, Sout Africa would run out of water during the water crisis in 2018. Only due to strict water-saving regulations, Day Zero was avoided. Since then, it is clearer than ever; South Africa needs urgent investments in infrastructure and the development ...
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Conservation collection of grapevine varieties Halbinsel Au
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Data analysis as a basis for the development of a KPI system for non-medical support services in hospitals
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Digitisation in the outdoor facilities of Campus Grüental
Thanks to a native app, the learning opportunities offered by plant knowledge on the Grüental campus are to be optimised, made more attractive and expanded further. The app should be user-friendly and contain at least the following functions: Finding plants or leading intelligent activities on site Filter by ...
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Energy from Biogas
The ZHAW University of Applied Science is part of an international working group which deals with processes to gain Energy from Biogas (Task 37 of the IEA Bioenergy). The research questions cover the anaerobic digestion (AD) of biomass feedstocks including agricultural residues (e.g. manure and crop residues), ...
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More than hay
The general aim of this and future projects is to consolidate the knowledge on the application of direct greening methods on green roofs namely to adapt typical ecological restoration procedures to urban ecological design and praxis. Specific aims of this project are: 1) to set up of a first inventory with the old, ...
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Park planning Val Calanca
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An integrated modelling and learning framework for real-time online decision assistance in Swiss agriculture
We are developing an agricultural risk decision assistant based on a unique model that can assess and visualize reliable weather and seasonal climate forecasts, soil data, and crop growth forecasts. Based on real-time and historical weather, climate, soil and crop data and novel learning algorithms, the system ...
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Aroma recovery from coffee roasting
Aroma recovery from coffee roasting.
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Microalgae for large-scale CO2 re-mediation: Integrated concepts
Conceptual evaluation of microalgae-based CO2-remediation strategies for a Swiss-based company on the engineering sector.
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Persistence of STEC in grain, milling by-products, flour, and raw follow up products
Shiga Toxin producing E.coli (STEC, syn. VTEC) have been detected by the FSVO laboratories in swiss wheat and spelt flours. The isolated strains (except one) do not belong to serovars typically associated with human infections. To better understand the entry, horizontal transfer, and persistence of these bacteria in ...
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Reduction of pesticides input in horticulture
This study examines the effects of "pesticide-free" cultivation methods of vegetables in comparison to IP production or cultivation according to BioSuisse guidelines by determining the effective production costs. In the ornamental part, the study compares the production costs of selected ornamental plants from ...
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Smartstones - AI for plant breeding
Goal of the project is a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of diverse AI techniques for opimising plant breeding on the basis of morphological characteristics.
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Unleashing the hidden potential of the anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota)
The microorganisms thriving in the ruminant’s digestive tract deliver the metabolic potential for degrading recalcitrant lignocellulose-rich organic matter and rendering it digestible. Amongst the microbiota thriving in the rumen, anaerobic fungi (AF) with the unpronounceable name Neocallimastigomycota host a ...
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3D chemistry - platform and app for classroom use and teaching - digitalization
Three-dimensional imagination is highly relevant for understanding the fundamentals of chemistry at university level. Especially when drawing molecular structures, it is important that students are able to imagine molecules/salts with the right geometry, so that the correct functioning in ...
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Cost and Efficiency of Heat Pumps
Survey to find relevant numbers to calcualte the life cycle cost of small heat pumps with air or borehole heat excahngers. Statistical analyses and interpretation of the results. Comparison of the LCC with oil and gas boiler plants. In the survey data of the service life and maintenance cost could be found. Up to ...
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Decarbonisation of the Swiss Energy System
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LAMP Diagnostic in Ornamentals
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Life Cycle Assessment of Tourism in Thailand
The proposed seed project consists of two main parts: In the first part, a life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted to analyze the environmental impact of tourism activities in Thailand. Based on the analysis, practical recommendations for providing these services more sustainably are developed. In the second part, ...
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Microalgae-Food: Enhanced cultivation strategies for microalgae in food applications
Operational support (equipment installation, training, process development) in the implementation of a microalgae food production facility in Switzerland.
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Platform Health
Researchers from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management (LSFM) initiated a platform to promote interdisciplinary research in the field of health. The School of LSFM supports this initiative to increase visibility of all health-research related activities in teaching, R&D, continued education, and ...
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Transglutaminase crosslinking potential
Evaluation of the transglutaminase crosslinking potential of self-assembly peptides for bioink development
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Facility Management compensation and industry study 2019
Longitudinal study on the compensation of specialists and executives in the Facility Management market in Switzerland, as well as their influencing factors on behalf of the industry association fmpro. It is designed as a quantitatively online survey for the targeted 1,000 participants in the form of a multi-factor ...
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