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Aerogel Architecture Award 2021

Historical buildings – thermally insulated to current state

Jul 26, 2021 | On July 15, 2021, the Aerogel Architecture Award was presented for the first time at Empa, recognizing successful energy renovations using aerogel insulating materials. The winners were two projects from Germany and one from Switzerland. The renovate...
Passenger cars

Automobile class society

Jul 20, 2021 | Up to now passenger cars are classified by experts in each country into categories such as micro, small, middle, upper middle, large and luxury class. But this old fashioned method has limitations in terms of compatibility. Moreover, some crossover v...
Climate friendly building

Filled energy saving bar

Jul 15, 2021 | Insulation webs are essential in aluminum window profiles and facades for good thermal insulation. Empa researchers and their partners have been working for some time on a novel "sandwich" product with an environmentally friendly filling: recycled ma...
 
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