Find the logo!

Our mischievous SWICE logo is hiding in each of the photos of our Living Labs, which you can see below.

Can you find them all?

Suurstoffi (Risch-Rotkreuz)

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Suurstoffi is a mixed neighbourhood in Risch-Rotkreuz (ZG) built around an old brick building that used to be an acetyl factory. The area hosts about 1500 residents, 2000 students and 500 employees, as well as many interesting and innovative buildings. In this Living Lab, SWICE researchers are studying mobility patterns and energy consumption within the context of new forms of work.

Eglantine (Morges)

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Églantine is a recently built neighborhood located in Morges (VD). A living lab approach has been implemented there to encourage residents to take charge of the neighborhood’s sustainability project. The living lab aims to develop and test a methodology that involves various stakeholders into a common action plan for climate mitigation and adaptation. It also looks to establish a long term neighborhood governance.

Schoenberg (Fribourg)

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The Outdoor Comfort Living Lab – also known as O’Frais au Schoenberg – is located in the neighbourhood of Schoenberg, in Fribourg (FR). It specializes in spatial interventions in urban open spaces. Its goal is to understand how such interventions affect residents’ lives during peak heat, and how that may reduce energy consumption.

La Jonction (Genève)

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The Outdoor Comfort Living Lab is located in the neighbourhood of Jonction, in Geneva. Its aim is to use participatory processes to design interventions that increase people’s thermal comfort during peak heat. In this Living Lab, special consideration is given to cooling spaces in a way that meets human needs.

Smart Living Lab (Fribourg)

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The Smart Living Lab is a group of research infrastructures located in the Blue Factory district of Fribourg. A new building will serve as its base after its construction in 2027. The aim of this Living Lab is to achieve energy efficiency, digital transformation, and the well-being of its users. Specific research areas include building energy dynamics, energy sources management, construction components and neighbourhood planning.

Lokstadt (Winterthur)

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The Living Lab Lokstadt is a newly built neighbourhood in a former industrial area in Winterthur. It comprises two housing cooperatives, private residential buildings as well as restaurants, stores, manufactories, small businesses and offices. The aim of the Living Lab is to test sustainable lifestyles. To this end, new approaches to living and working are developed and tested together with the residents of Lokstadt. The focus is on achieving a good balance between quality of life and resource conservation.