All projects from the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
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TCP4tex
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Breakfast cereals by extrusion of fermented milling by-products
By-products of the milling process are traditionally transferred to the production of feed and thus lost in the human food chain. This project is a feasability study, in which a two-phasic approach for the production of cereals dervied from milling by-products will be evaluated: 1) microbial fermentation of the ...
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novoSUN
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Sustainable and healthy diets: Trade-offs and synergies
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Complexity 4.0
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Artificial snow at Minschuns - Environmental impact report (UVB)
The Minschuns ski area can be reached via an access road from the Ofenpass road. This access road is often difficult to use in winter and the valley descent to Tschierv is not always guaranteed due to snow conditions. With a new chair lift, the ski area is now to be accessed from the valley floor and the descent ...
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Environmentally friendly tourism infrastructures
The aim of the study is to develop new methods for environmental construction monitoring. A drone will be used to provide images of the perimeter actually used and information about the impairments caused. In addition, the study deals with the environmentally friendly implementation of demolitions and new ...
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Facility Management & BIM in Hospitals
The digital transformation will also include facility management in the coming years. This change will have positive consequences in the sense of a revaluation of FM; however, only if the FM industry does not follow the digital transformation for its own business one to one, but rather comprehend it, in order to be ...
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Life Cycle Assessment of various packaging options in the jam production
Hero AG is producing more than 100 different jams in various packaging sizes, whereof Mini-, Midi- and MaxiJars are available. Basically, three packaging options are good solutions: aluminium, glass and plastic. Recently, Hero was confronted with critique, regarding to the use of aluminium Cups, which are ...
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Rapid Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by flow-cytometry
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ActiveAdvice
The ActiveAdvice project aims to deliver a fully functional ICT environment with specific web and mobile services for older adults and their relatives, for professionals in inclusive design and construction engineering across Europe, as well as for governments and municipalities involved in Active and Assisted ...
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Efficient Urban Pluvial Flood Simulation
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Project Management in Hospitals (FM)
The importance of Project Management (PM) in hospitals is growing due to the increasing amalgamation of disciplines in conjunction with the need for greater efficiency and quality of services in hospitals. Current experience in hospital projects and conversations with people involved in hospital projects has led to ...
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Pre-project "Standard Sustainable Operation Switzerland"
This preliminary project is part of the main project "Standard/Rating system for sustainable operation in Switzerland". in order to achieve a targeted and market-oriented expansion of the sustainable building standard. Switzerland in order to secure the use and operation phase. The "Standard/Valuation System ...
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Environmental Sustainability of Renewable Methane for Mobility
Within this subproject in the framework of the National Research Programm 70 regarding energy turnaround, an environmental sustainability assessement of power-to-gas (PtG) methane will be conducted by applying life cycle assessment methodology. In the PtG technology, hydrogen and carbon dioxide are converted to ...
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COST Action – Mathematical and Computer Science Methods for Food Science and Industry (FoodMC)
The agriculture and food processing sector (agri-food) is facing sustainability challenges of growing complexity, from consumer expectations to concerns over food security, right through to environmental regulations. In such a context, innovation is becoming a decisive factor of competitiveness for companies in this ...
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Biogas2Algae
Biogas production by anaerobic digestion is an established technology that allows farmers to generate more income from biomass waste and closing nutrient cycles. These synergies can be extended even further if microalgal cultivation is added to produce algae-based bioproducts. The side-products of biogas production, ...
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ERBINAT - Erleben und Bildung in der Natur
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Erosion in Alpine Areas
The protection of Alpine Soils is of great importance and closely linked to suitable farming strategies. The Guidelines for environmental protection in agriculture provide detailed reference for surveying, controlling and preventing erosion on alpine surfaces. In this research project, an ArcGIS® Toolbox was ...
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Historizing GINES
GINES is a spatio-temporal decision-support system for planning applications. The software emerged a research project of the geoinformatics research unit that spun off in 2015 into an independent software company. In this this collaborative research project between the geoinformatics research unit and GINES GmbH, ...
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Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB
The wind energy potential in close proximity to the railway network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB is analyzed and quantified with reference to the vertical turbines A32, A45 and A64 of the Vertical Sky series (Agile Windpower AG). Wind conditions, topographical restrictions and an extensive list of criteria ...
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SIDAC2
The aim of the SIDAC2 project is an integrated system for the valuation and management of existing real estate. The SIDAC2 project team was made up of ZHAW researchers from the Institute for Facility Management (IFM), the Institute for Administration and Management (IVM) and the Institute for Applied Information ...
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Ressource management ski world championship 2017 St.Moritz
Large-scale events usually cause an increase in the consumption of resources and can therefore have a temporary or lasting impact on the environment. Environmentally friendly resource management is therefore essential for a major event in the dimension of the Ski WM 2017 today. In 2016/2017, the Environmental ...
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Life Cycle Assessment of the Dismantling of Wind Turbines
There are currently just over 30 large wind turbines in Switzerland, with strong expansion of wind energy in the next few years as part of the Energy Strategy 2050. Wind turbines are designed for a service life of approximately 20 years. The plants are then dismantled and disposed of. There are different views on ...
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Food for Future