At the 11th General Assembly, Christoph Lang was officially bid farewell as FRZ Managing Director. Rahel Kindermann Leuthard then introduced herself to the FRZ members present. All items on the agenda were

In order to achieve the net zero target, the city of Zurich will connect around 60 per cent of the settlement area with district heating by 2040. At the same time, the city council wants to increase supply security and exploit synergies in the heat supply. It has therefore decided to reorganise the

Timber construction is experiencing a renaissance in Switzerland. ETH researchers are using a fire simulator on the Hönggerberg to test wooden components for the construction of buildings of all sizes. The custom-made kiln allows the simulation of realistic fire

It is to become easier to erect photovoltaic systems on condominium buildings. The National Council wants the Federal Council to amend the Condominium Ownership Act for this purpose.

The property sector is responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and faces the urgent challenge of reducing them. Wincasa proactively supports its customers on the path to net zero. They are supported by the ESG data management platform developed jointly by Wincasa and the

Climate change also affects urban development: Asphalted city centres quickly overheat. The city of Winterthur is using a smart city project based on Lokstadt to show how this problem can be

For about 45 years, spatial planning has had the goal, laid down in the Spatial Planning Act (RPG, see box), of harmonising the economic, ecological and social goals of our country through appropriate planning instruments. However, while the population in Switzerland is growing and land reserves

The site of the ‘Pra Roman’ development in Lausanne has been awarded CHF 100,000 as an outstanding project for biodiversity in urban areas. Together with the developer, the Codha cooperative, the residents have created a green oasis for people and nature. Thanks to the early involvement of all

SBB is developing the Horgen Oberdorf station area. The development will create new residential and commercial space and a modern transport hub. The project is based on the designs of Galli Rudolf Architekten from

At its meeting on 17 May 2023, the Federal Council adopted the Real Estate Dispatch 2023. In it, it proposes commitment credits of CHF 218.1 million to parliament. The largest construction projects include two expansion projects and a new building for the Swiss representation in

The Swiss Federation of Master Builders (SBC) sees its position confirmed by the SECO report "Monitoring the implementation of the job notification requirement" published on Friday. For the first time, it admits that at times of historically low unemployment, many occupational types were

Jacqueline Schweizer will become a member of Wüest Partner's Board of Directors in May 2023. As an expert in the areas of sustainability and digitalisation, she will anchor these growth areas more firmly in the board of directors in future.

In Q1 2023, total employment (number of jobs) increased by 2.2% compared to the same quarter of the previous year (seasonally adjusted +0.6% compared to the previous quarter). Calculated in full-time equivalents, this was an increase in employees of 2.4%. Companies reported a total of 7100 (+5.9%)

Since ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has been on everyone's lips. Increasingly, entire industries are affected by the introduction of artificial intelligence. This also applies to an industry that has hardly been taken into account until now, namely caretaking, which will be subject to major

Siemens can report a very good result in Switzerland in the first half of the 2023 financial year. Sales after the first six months (1 October 2022 - 31 March 2023) are CHF 1.406 billion, significantly higher than the previous year's figure (CHF 1.079 billion). The large growth is primarily due

Admicasa Holding AG (BX/ADMI), headquartered in Zurich, is a listed real estate and service company that manages pension assets for investment foundations in the real estate sector. As is customary in the Swiss finance and pension industry, Admicasa has also earned a share of the management fees

Compared to classical computers, quantum computers can solve complex problems in parallel and thus faster, but they are also more prone to errors. ZHAW researchers are showing how the strengths of quantum computers can be used in a targeted manner with the aid of a hybrid approach.

The voters of Muttenz have repeatedly expressed their desire to transform the Schänzli area from a racecourse into a nature and recreation area. Now the municipality is presenting the implementation proposal as the result of a project study, which is to be further developed and implemented. The

SBB is planning to expand the railway line between Zurich and Winterthur on behalf of the federal government. This will make it possible to eliminate this bottleneck in the Swiss rail network and to realise the necessary expansion of services in urban and long-distance rail transport. The project

Switzerland is under pressure to grow, space is scarce. How can a higher building density be achieved if, at the same time, building cultural qualities are to be preserved and newly created? This and other questions are explored in the latest issue of the magazine Heimatschutz/Patrimoine.

How green facades behave in the event of a fire still raises many questions. Researchers at the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH want to change this and have conducted the first fire tests in Switzerland on wall-mounted green façades as part of a multi-year research project. In doing so,

The Energy Commission of the Council of States proposes that the residual water provisions continue to apply without restriction. In return, it is in favour of areas where the use of solar and wind energy has priority over other interests. It rejects new obligations on solar installations on

Important milestone in the construction of the second Gotthard tube: With its cutting wheel with a diameter of more than seven metres, tunnel boring machine "Carla" has been driving the access tunnel to the north fault zone into the Gotthard massif since August 2022. 3,950 m deep in the mountain,

With the expansions of the "Bern West Performance Enhancement", SBB is creating more capacity for rail traffic in Switzerland, especially in the Bern area. For example, a tunnel and a new Europaplatz Nord stop are being built in Holligen. The project is now open to the

What can be done about the housing shortage? Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin invited people to a round table on this question on 12 May 2023. The current situation was analysed with representatives of the cantons, cities and municipalities as well as the construction and real estate industry.

With the new type of processing plant, the Recycling Centre Ostschweiz (RCO) is becoming even more innovative. The wet-mechanical plant makes it possible to recycle an even wider range of residues from the construction industry and thus return them to the material cycle. In this way, the RCO is

A research team involving the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the University of Grenoble Alpes is on the trail of a disadvantage of low-carbon cements: the slow hydration kinetics in the first three days. The aim is to achieve a faster strength of green

Der KOF Geschäftslageindikator für die Schweizer Wirtschaft, der aus den KOF Konjunkturumfragen berechnet wird, sinkt im April wieder. Im Vormonat hatte er sich kaum bewegt. Die Branchen entwickeln sich unterschiedlich. Zwar ist ein wenig Sand im Konjunkturgetriebe, es gibt aber auch positive

Financing and digitalisation go hand in hand: with their new partnership, FinanceScout24 and Abilect are now offering digital solutions for the refurbishment of real estate as well as its financing.

Two-thirds of cities and urban municipalities have too little housing. They cite a lack of building land as the most important reason and see a right of first refusal for land as a possible solution. This and more emerges from a current housing policy survey conducted on behalf of the Federal