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Environmental performance assessment of the built environment tends to focus mostly on operational final energy consumption of buildings located within a specific context. Such a limited scope prevents broader usability of findings in practice. In Switzerl ...

The project Symbiotic Districts aims to develop a new design and calculation methodology for creating symbiotic districts in the Swiss urban context. The research examines the scientific, technical, urban development and architectural dimensions that influ ...

It is now common knowledge, the regeneration of previously developed sites in urban areas can have positive impacts on the environment, the economy and the society as they constitute opportunities for the densification of the existing built fabric. In the ...

In the context of sustainable development of European post-industrial cities, urban wastelands offer an important potential of surfaces to recapture. The regeneration of these sites is indeed an opportunity to simultaneously create density within the exist ...

Building Integrated Photovoltaics’ (BIPV) performance is improving rapidly. However, their potential is diminished because of several barriers. Due to its limited expressive quality, architects tend to avoid integrating BIPV in building design, more particularly, in façades. In order to bridge the gap between technology and design, this research aims at developing design strategies to integrate BIPV’s expressive issues into today’s façade construction, focusing on new collective residential dwellings. In th

One of the relevant strategies to limit the sprawl of post-industrial European cities is the regeneration of urban brownfields. This type of projects concentrates new development within already urbanized areas and contributes to their revitalization. Despi ...

In a context marked by the urgency of climate change, dwindling resources, and environmental crisis, concrete action towards ecological transition and climate adaptation is a top priority for urban areas. In response to these multiple challenges, the research project "Maillages fertiles" seizes the opportunity of the reopening and renaturation of two urban rivers in Geneva, Switzerland, to explore the potential of innovative green open spaces as a climate adaptation strategy aimed at making the urban enviro

The Symbiotic Districts research project examines dimensions influencing energy self-sufficiency at neighborhood scale by integrating parameters related to buildings, infrastructure, mobility, food, goods and services. Transposing industrial ecology tools to urban design, it establishes a reliable basis for addressing the issue of energy in future sustainable urban districts. This contribution presents the results of a case study on an urban sector in the city of Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland). Taking life

In Switzerland, as in many European countries, new energy directives focus on decreasing the carbon footprint of buildings by promoting passive and active energy strategies. Among the latter, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), which function both as ...

The optimization of building envelopes plays a substantial role in reducing global energy consumption and meeting energy and climate targets. Now, a dynamic photovoltaic building envelope has been demonstrated to improve building energy self-sufficiency, w ...

This open access book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, cities and neighbourhoods. It provides both a theoretical and practical approach to the topic, offering a thorough introduction to urban brownfields and regeneration projects as well as an operational monitoring tool. Neighbourhoods in Transition begins with an overview of historic urban development and strategic areas in the hearts of towns to be developed. It then defin

Because of their inherent complexity, urban brownfield regeneration projects are long-term operations. The study of the evolution from urban brownfield site to a new—and ideally sustainable—neighbourhood through a regeneration process has led to the identi ...

Aujourd’hui plus que jamais, le débat sur la problématique d’un développement territorial pensé à partir de ses infrastructures de transport est d’actualité. Dans un contexte de vaste remise en question de l’étalement urbain, il est communément admis que la stratégie la plus efficace est celle d’un développement symbiotique entre infrastructures de transports publics et croissance urbaine. Dans la plupart des cas, ceci se traduit par l’idée que la ville doit se « densifier sur elle-même », et la majorité de

The axis "Integrated Design Architecture and Sustainability" (IDEAS) is a joint initiative of both the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) and Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at EPFL. It aims to address an increased integration of the various issues related to sustainable architecture within the framework of the Doctoral program Architecture & Science of the city (EDAR)

As tomorrow’s cities are already largely built, many strategies stress the importance of urban renewalprocesses to address current energy issues. This paper focuses on the Spanish residential building stockbuilt until 2001, which has a low level of energy ...

The objective of this research is to compare the energy consumption of seven recently built residential neighborhoods in the urban region of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in order to identify the influence of centrality on total energy spending. Primary energy i ...

As tomorrow’s cities are already largely built, and as many of their buildings have a low energy performance level, urban renewal processes are essential for the sustainable development of European cities. In this context, Building-Integrated Photovoltaic ...

In light of the Paris Agreement’s objectives and the related European and Swiss goals of decarbonising the built environment, the importance, relevance, and potential benefits of integrating Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) within building renovatio ...

European energy directives define highly‐demanding performance standards, from zero‐energy buildings to positive‐energy buildings. In Switzerland, one of the specific objectives of the new “Energy strategy 2050” is to install PV systems on existing buildin ...

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Environmental impact assessment of Swiss residential archetypes: a comparison of construction and mobility scenarios

Symbiotic Districts : Innovative design strategies for local energy production and resource self-reliance at neighborhood scale

Strategic Integration of Operational Assessment into the Transformation of Urban Wastelands to Sustainable Neighborhoods

An Operational Indicator System for the Integration of Sustainability into the Design Process of Urban Wasteland Regeneration Projects

Architectural Integration of Low-Carbon Technology and Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV). Into the design process of Advanced Active Façades (AAF)

SIPRIUS+ : A sustainability monitoring tool specifically designed for urban brownfields regeneration projects

Urban green spaces as a climate adaptation strategy. Case study in Geneva, Switzerland

Strategies for Symbiotic Urban Neighborhoods. Case study in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland)

Towards Advanced Active Façades: Analysis of façade requirements and development of an innovative construction system

Towards dynamic active facades

Neighbourhoods in Transition. Brownfield Regeneration in European Metropolitan Areas

Key Steps of a Regeneration Process

Revitaliser les aires ferroviaires régionales

IDEAS - Integrated Design, Architecture and Sustainability

Application of the cost-optimal methodology to urban renewal projects at the territorial scale based on statistical data—A case study in Spain

The influence of centrality on the global energy consumption in Swiss neighborhoods

Introducing the Advanced Active Façade: Towards Near-Zero Buildings Incorporating Building Integrated Photovoltaics Expressive Issues

Integrated design strategies for renovation projects with Building-Integrated Photovoltaics towards Low-Carbon Buildings: Two comparative case studies in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

Active surfaces selection method for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in renovation projects based on self-consumption and self-sufficiency

Towards integrated design strategies for implementing BIPV systems into urban renewal processes : preliminary case study in Neuchâtel (Switzerland)