Building2050

The Building Innovation Research and Integration Support group, coordinated by Sergi Aguacil, was founded in 2014, following the creation of the EPFL Fribourg satellite campus and of the Smart Living Lab.

View of the Smart Living Lab building at blueFACTORY in 2024 © BFF SA / Behnisch Architekten

Smart Living Lab building: Fribourg contractor wins public tender

EPFL

JPF Entreprise Générale SA in Bulle has won the public tender to construct the new Smart Living Lab building on the blueFACTORY site. The aim of the project, which is subject to the provisions of the Public Procurement Act and funded by the canton of Fribourg, is to provide a shared laboratory facility and workspace for research teams from the EPFL, the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, and the University of Fribourg.

The footbridge prototype. © EPFL

Building out of concrete, but without pouring concrete

Research

EPFL researchers have built a footbridge prototype using reinforced-concrete blocks from walls of a building being renovated. The blocks were cut into individual pieces on site and assembled into a prestressed arch. This project, which marks the first time concrete has been reused in this way, is part of an initiative to substantially shrink the construction industry’s carbon footprint by adopting a circular economy approach. The footbridge will be inaugurated at a ceremony at the Smart Living Lab in Fribourg on 11 October.

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Dr. Yang appointed as a Youth Editor of Building Simulation Journal

EPFL

Dr. Shen Yang from the Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL) of EPFL is selected as a Youth Editorial Member of Building Simulation Journal. This journal publishes original and high quality research papers and review articles regarding modeling and simulation to promote the field of building science and technology.

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