Sustainability

Thanks to its interdisciplinary team, EPFL Sustainability supports and encourages EPFL’s key stakeholders to make the critical transition towards sustainability within their own entities. EPFL Sustainability strives to turn the campus into a living lab and responsible community, in particular by fostering and supporting student involvement.

EPFL campus : view on trees and Agora by Niels Ackermann, Lundi13 — © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13 (2021)

In recent years, awareness of climate and environmental issues has been heightened. EPFL, a recognized higher education institution and public entity, has a leading role to play in addressing these issues.

EPFL Sustainability collaborates closely with the EPFL Presidency, Vice-presidencies, Schools, Colleges and central services towards embedding EPFL’s strategic sustainability goals across campus operations, education and innovation, as well as in its research, outreach and international collaborations.

The Sustainability Unit is attached to the Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation (VPT).

EPFL Sustainability and its activities

From left to right: Luca Fontana, Aurore Nembrini, Nicola Banwell, Eric Domon, Michka Mélo, Gisou van der Goot, Gianluca Paglia, Alfredo Kägi

About us

Team, publications, partners, labels and awards

Sustainability on EPFL campuses

The activities of EPFL Sustainability within operations

A dense and dynamic network

Communities and initiatives supported by the Sustainability Unit

Sustainability through education

Infuse sustainability throughout the curriculum

“Campus Piéton” Project

Towards a greener, more user-friendly campus, better adapted to climate change

International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN)

Global exchange with universities committed to the environment

Sustainability thoughout EPFL

Education

Research

Innovation

News related to EPFL Sustainability

Eloïse Richard and Basile Morier © Alain Herzog / EPFL 2022

Sustainability Week sees student life spring back into action

04.03.22EPFL community

Eloïse Richard and Basile Morier are the coordinators of the UNIL-EPFL Sustainability Week, which will take place across both campuses from 7 to 12 March 2022. The initiative is backed by around 40 partner organizations as well as a team of volunteers, and features a packed schedule of events.

Monique Brocard-Sacco et Xavier Gravend-Tirole. Credit: Alain Herzog | 2022 EPFL

Two specialists provide guidance on the path to mindfulness

31.01.22EPFL community

At EPFL, Monique Borcard-Sacco and Xavier Gravend-Tirole use different approaches to mindfulness but share the same goal: to improve people’s mental health and well-being.

Three climate-related projects win the 2021 Durabilis Awards

16.12.21EPFL

The Durabilis Awards, introduced in 2007, are open to all Bachelor’s and Master’s students at EPFL and UNIL, and are awarded to projects that explore issues related to sustainable development. This year, all six winners are from EPFL’s environmental sciences and engineering section.

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Events related to EPFL Sustainability

Discovery Camp – Testing with Plastogaz

The Discovery Camp is a series of 4 workshops to enable students to discover how sustainable innovation is conducted for different types of actors, specifically for an NGO, the public sector, a startup, or a large…

18-05-202218-05-2022

With: Felix Bobbink, CEO and Co-Founder at Plastogaz
Place and room: CL 2 2624
Category: Conferences – Seminars