Zero Emission Buildings: Integrating Sustainable Technologies and Infrastructure Systems
ZEBISTIS

At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Ranka Junge
- Project team : Andreas Graber, Petra Hodgson, Prof. Jürg Rohrer, Fridolin Tschudi
- Project budget : CHF 59'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : SNSF
- Project partner : Sungkyunkwan University, College of Engineering, Department of Architecture
- Contact person : Ranka Junge
Description
So-called “Zero-Emission” buildings (ZEB) do not produce harmful
emissions. In contrast, they may even have positive environmental
impacts because they can produce energy, water and resources.
Decentralized innovative technologies and systems for the
realization of ZEB were developed and successfully applied in
Europe. However, due to the limited number of case studies, there
is still immense demand for applied research regarding the
development, optimization and marketing of such systems, as well as
regarding the international transferability of technology and
system approaches. The aim of this
interdisciplinary project with international partners and young
scientists is to fill this gap by compiling best practices from
participating countries and by formulating a general framework for
the zero-emission buildings, which will integrate a plethora of
aspects, and will be adaptable to different climatic and cultural
environments. The project activities will be associated with the
process of design, construction
and operation of a “Zero-Emission School” which will be built in
Pundang, South Korea. This construction offers a unique possibility
for applied research by analysis and evaluation of innovative
building integrated technologies and systems, developed by the
international consortium. Workshops, site visits, analysis and
evaluation according to sustainability criteria will be used to
define the development, optimization and marketing of the applied
technologies and systems. The project will analyze the
transferability of the research findings and of best practices to
different building types (e.g. housing & commercial), different
urban settings of the participating KORANET partners. The concerned
technologies and systems facilitate the decentralized production,
and use of renewable energy as well as the management and local
reuse of water and organic waste streams for effective pollution
control and local food production. By application of innovative
technologies, and by creation of synergies between the building
design, the construction and the different building services
engineering systems (e.g. between water -, ventilation - energy and
food production systems), a highly resource efficient and
productive building can be realized. The results promise immense
potential for multiplication and for fostering sustainable rural
and urban (re-)development.
Further information
Publications
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Bühler, Devi; Schuetze, Thorsten; Junge, Ranka,
2015.
In:
Rosen, Marc A., ed.,
Special Issue "Towards Sustainability: Selected Papers from the Fourth World Sustainability Forum (2014)".
The 4th World Sustainability Forum, Electronic Conference at sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, 1-30 November 2014.
MDPI.
pp. 5071-5093.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su7055071
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Junge, Ranka; Mathis, Alex; Graber, Andreas,
2014.
Building integrated food production.
In:
1st Symposium on Green Infrastructure for Future City & 4th International Symposium ZEBISTIS: Zero Emission Building - Integrating Sustainable Technologies and Infrastructure Systems, Seoul, Korea, 8 April 2014.
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Bühler, Devi; Junge, Ranka; Schütze, Thorsten,
2014.
In:
Proceedings of the 4th world sustainability forum.
The 4th World Sustainability Forum, Electronic Conference at sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, 1-30 November 2014.
MDPI.
Sciforum Electronic Conference Series ; 4.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/wsf-4-a001
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Schütze, Thorsten; Hagen Hodgson, Petra,
2014.
Zero Emission Buildings in Korea [paper].
In:
World Sustainability Forum 2014 – Conference Proceedings.
The 4th World Sustainability Forum, Electronic Conference at sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, 1-30 November 2014.
MDPI.
Sciforum Electronic Conference Series.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/wsf-4-f001
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2013.
Development of aquaponic technology in Switzerland.
In:
1st International Symposium - Zero Emission Buildings, Seoul, South Korea, 15 January 2013.
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2013.
Integrating aquaponic technology into the cities.
In:
3rd International ZEBISTIS Symposium «Theoretical and Practical Concepts for Sustainable Buildings and Interactions», Istanbul, Turkey, 24 October 2013.
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Hagen Hodgson, Petra; Junge, Ranka,
2013.
Null-Energie-Null-Emissions-Häuser in Südkorea : fünf Pilotprojekte aus der Metropolregion Seoul.
IUNR intern.
2013(1), pp. 27-29.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3622