"Storing energy is a very important topic"
The ehub team is involved in the K3 Handwerkcity business park. The building has the highest-yielding façade solar system in Europe. Among other things, the researchers are addressing the questions of how surplus energy can be stored efficiently and how the business park can be operated optimally.
Launch of the NCCR Automation
The new National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation has been launched – with the goal of establishing Switzerland as one of the world's leading hubs for research, education and innovation in automation and control technology. As one of the four participating institutions, Empa is contributing its expertise in data and energy management.
The stores of the future
Lidl Switzerland aims to operate its stores even more sustainably and efficiently in the future. Together with Empa, the company now puts this plan into practice. First, the energy consumption and the interaction of various operational systems in existing stores will be analyzed. Then, the Empa researchers will develop an optimized concept for the stores of the future based on the findings of their analysis.
