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tivities of the smart living lab Menu Foreword Highlights Smart Living Lab Research Flagship Projects Organization Promotional Activities Finances Partners Language: English Français Deutsch Smart Living Lab Annual report 2018 Foreword 2018 has been an important milestone for the Smart Living Lab, as it marks its fifth anniversary and the end of the first chapter of its history. The Building2050 research projects, whose mission was to prepare the design of the future Smart Living Lab Building, have now been completed and their results translated into the MEP (Parallel Studies Mandate) tender document, which was launched at the beginning of the year. Four interdisciplinary teams made up of architects and engineers came through an international selection and produced a draft MEP as part of an innovative, collaborative, and open competition. The Canton of Fribourg reiterated its commitment to the project, allocating CHF 25 million for construction of the building. Two new EPFL labs were created on the Fribourg site, and a third HEIA-FR institute joined the Smart Living Lab. In this context, the Building2050 group has repositioned itself as a support body for research. The NeighborHub returned to Fribourg following its victory at the Solar Decathlon competition in the United States in 2017, and was opened at the heart of the blueFACTORY site. The social, cultural, and scientific activities that are organized there allow people to participate in neighbourhood life and in the research carried out within the Smart Living Lab. A spin-off was even launched by former solar decathletes in order to expand the concept of being a sustainable activator. In terms of promotion, the Smart Living Lab was introduced to the general public as guest of honour at the Energissima fair in 2018. Its activities have gained more visibility thanks to its new website, which was completely updated in 2018. Anne-Claude Cosandey, who led the project as head of operations, handed over the baton at the end of the year. Her commitment was a key factor in implementing the research centre’s work from the very beginning, setting up its facilities and building up the team before expanding the new research groups’ activities to their full extent, as well as developing partnerships with both the private and public sectors. The success of this first phase and the vital contribution of Anne-Claude Cosandey to the implementation of the Smart Living Lab have been unanimously acclaimed. This annual report summarizes the highlights and key milestones of the Smart Living Lab during 2018. We will now take new steps that will further shape the lab’s identity, thanks to the project definition of the building. We hope that the research that has been made possible thanks to the Smart Living Lab’s unique framework will continue to support innovation locally and to be promoted internationally. Martin Gonzenbach, Director of Operations Marilyne Andersen, Academic Director Highlights New Director of Operations of the EPFL Fribourg and the Smart Living Lab Baloise to collaborate with Smart Living Lab research center New website of the Smart Living Lab now online More effectively calculating the carbon footprint of Switzerland’s energy consumption Call for applications for the Smart Living Lab’s building Swiss-Korean Built Environment Exchange Program The Smart Living Lab in a nutshell The Smart Living Lab is a research and development centre for the future of the built environment. Its activities are driven by the well-being of its users, energy efficiency, and digital transformation. The Smart Living Lab brings together the combined expertise of the EPFL, the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR), and the University of Fribourg (UNIFR) in the areas of construction technologies, well-being and behaviours, interactions and design processes, and energy systems for the built environment. This living lab hosts interdisciplinary research projects involving users and companies as well as researchers, and is located in the blueFACTORY innovation site at the heart of the Switzerland Innovation Park (SIP) Network West EPFL. The construction of an experimental building for the Smart Living Lab on this site is slated for 2020. 95 / 60 people / FTE 31 / 27 EPFL 46 / 24 HEIA-FR 18 / 9 UNIFR 107 Projects 11 Research groups 40 Events Spotlight on research Research domains Well-being and behaviours Improve human health and comfort by optimizing indoor environmental quality and influencing behaviours in a positive way. Construction technologies Monitor resource efficiency and accelerate processes of change in construction. Interactions and design processes Understand and structure dialogue among stakeholders in the building lifecycle to develop the tools to design, model, and operate buildings. Energy systems Develop smart energy-efficient systems and technologies, improve their management, and anticipate legal and economic impacts. New research groups Thermal Engineering for the Built Environment Laboratory (TEBEL), Prof. Dolaana Khovalyg TEBEL contributes to the overall energy goal of Swiss and global society and to the advancement of thermal engineering for the built environment by following a holistic approach – examining the entire chain of energy conversion, from primary resources to end use by building occupants. Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL), Prof. Dusan Licina HOBEL ’s research is based on maintaining a sustainable and healthy built environment, focusing on indoor air quality and distribution, ventilation systems, human exposure to atmospheric pollution, the dynamics of airborne pollutants inside buildings, thermal comfort, and energy efficiency. The Institute of Construction and Environmental Technology (iTEC), Prof. Daia Zwicky iTEC develops methods, technological processes and products in the field of civil engineering and the built environment. In the context of the Smart Living Lab, the Institute’s competences and specialties lie in construction technologies and processes. The Institute has already been involved in design work, modelling, and digital simulation, as well as both small-scale and full-scale testing of solutions for reducing the embodied energy of construction elements and their broader environmental impact. Research projects filter by domain All Well-being and Behaviors Construction Technologies Interactions and Design Processes Energy Systems filter by group All EPFL SXL EPFL FAR EPFL TEBEL EPFL HOBEL EPFL Building 2050 HEIA-FR TRANSFORM HEIA-FR ENERGY HEIA-FR iTEC UNIFR iimt UNIFR Human-IST UNIFR Institute for Swiss and international construction Law filter by status All New On going Complete Arc-HEST x close Arc-HEST Direction Dolaana Khovalyg, Dusan Licina, Raphaël Compagnon, Stephanie Teufel, Anton Sentic, Denis Lalanne Resarch Domain Well-being and Behaviors, Interactions and Design Processes, Construction Technologies SLL Core Research Group EPFL HOBEL, EPFL TEBEL, HEIA-FR TRANSFORM, UNIFR iimt, UNIFR Human-IST Status new Swiss-Korean Academic Exchange Program ARC-HEST: Architecture for Human Environment with Smart Technologies Six universities from Switzerland and South Korea have developed an exchange program focusing on studying the working environment in both countries in conjunction with local culture and architecture. https://www.smartlivinglab.ch/en/partenariats/arc-hest/ Atlas du logement x close Atlas du logement Direction Frédéric Frank Resarch Domain Well-being and Behaviors SLL Core Research Group HEIA-FR TRANSFORM Source of Funding HES-SO Status new The Housing Atlas is a source information about typomorphological features. Developed by the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR) over ten years ago and updated at regular intervals by several professors, this online database was initially used by students. The current online database now needs to be completely redesigned to expand the current user community to include...