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Flux de carbone à l'échelle du quartier

Emmanuel Rey, Ulrich Joseph Jacques Liman

Dans un contexte d’engagements politiques visant la neutralité carbone en 2050, la maîtrise des flux de carbone constitue un impératif opérationnel incontournable. Pour aborder ces enjeux à l’échelle du quartier, le Laboratoire d’architecture et technologi ...

Espazium2024

Spinning Out Greentech Start-ups

Adam Swetloff

The Paris Agreement has made combating climate change a priority and has incentivised innovation for the greentech industry. Higher education institution[s] (HEI[s]) play an important role in fueling this innovation by developing disruptive technologies an ...

Swiss Chemical Soc2023

Living Periphery

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Sergi Aguacil Moreno, Frédéric Frank, Martine Laprise, Judith Elisa Drouilles, Sara Sonia Formery Regazzoni

Entre ville et campagne, les périphéries urbaines constituent un défi particulier dans le contexte de la transition. Éloignées de la dynamique de densification en cours dans les espaces centraux, elles représentent néanmoins une part non négligeable de l’e ...

Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes2022

Transformations

Emmanuel Rey

A l'heure de l’urgence climatique, de la contraction des ressources disponibles et de la crise environnementale, la prise de conscience des multiples conséquences induites par l’étalement urbain des dernières décennies conduit à promouvoir des stratégies t ...

Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes2022

Biological nanopores for single-molecule sensing

Matteo Dal Peraro, Chan Cao, Simon Finn Mayer

Evolution has found countless ways to transport material across cells and cellular compartments separated by membranes. Protein assemblies are the cornerstone for the formation of channels and pores that enable this regulated passage of molecules in and ou ...

Cell Press2022

Prototype pavilion in Fribourg: towards an upgrade of argamassa armada through Textile Reinforced Concrete

Patricia Guaita

This article describes a partnership between architects and engineers researching in Switzerland and Brazil around innovative experiences on Textile Reinforced Concrete, which aim at the upgrade of the “argamassa armada” technology developed by brazilian a ...

2022

Detecting trends and further development potential of contemporary façade design for workspaces

Marilyne Andersen, Luisa Pastore

Façade design is claimed to fulfil a number of requirements in workplaces, ranging from privacy to safety and from comfort to aesthetics. For future R&D efforts in façade design, identifying the key drivers that should shape contemporary facades in office ...

2019

Optimal Planning of Distributed Energy Storage Systems in Active Distribution Networks Embedding Grid Reconfiguration

Mario Paolone, Sidi-Rachid Cherkaoui, Mostafa Nick

In this paper we present a procedure for the optimal siting and sizing of Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) owned, and directly controlled by network operators of Active Distribution Networks (ADNs). The peculiarity of the proposed planning procedure consists ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018

Durabilité des infrastructures temporaires à vocation événementielle

Emmanuel Rey, Loïc Vivien Fumeaux

Réalisé au sein du Laboratoire d’architecture et technologies durables (LAST) de l’Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), la présente recherche doctorale a porté sur l’intégration des critères de durabilité dans le processus de conception d’infra ...

2016

Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

Andras Kis, Zhe Sun

We present the science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems, targeting an evolution in technology, that might lead to impacts and benefits reaching into most areas of society. This roadmap was developed ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Technology In-Sourcing and the Creation of Pioneering Technologies

Vareska van de Vrande

This study analyzes the effect of different external technology sourcing modes on the creation of radical innovation in companies. Moreover, since prior research has indicated that exploration consists of looking beyond both organizational and technologica ...

2011

Preference-based Search using Example-Critiquing with Suggestions

Boi Faltings, Pearl Pu Faltings, Paolo Viappiani

We consider interactive tools that help users search for their most preferred item in a large collection of options. In particular, we examine example-critiquing, a technique for enabling users to incrementally construct preference models by critiquing exa ...

2006