SWICE Conference

We are very excited to announce our third SWEET SWICE Conference!
This year we are heading to Winterthur, home of our Living Lab Lokstadt, for a full day of presentations, workshops and networking.
đź“… Wednesday, June 4th
đź•‘ 9:00 – 15:30
📍 Winterthur (ZHAW MC/MD Building, Tössfelstrasse 13)
 

The SWICE conference will be an opportunity to investigate crucial topics, including innovative urban and building design policies, decision-support instruments for well-being and sufficiency, and the real-world impact of SWICE Living Labs.

📝 DRAFT AGENDA – tbc

09:00 | Reception & welcome coffee

09:30 | Parallel presentations followed by fishbowl discussions
→ DESIGN POLICY: How SWICE research informs new urban and building design policies.
→ DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS: How SWICE research provides decision-support instruments for well-being and energy efficiency

12:15 | Lunch break & poster session

13:15 | Presentations followed by world café discussions
→ LIVING LABS: Impact, resilience & lessons learned

15:30 | Wrap-up and end of the SWICE conference

 

 

  SWICE is a research project sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s SWEET programme (Call 1-2021 “Living and Working) and coordinated by the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The SWICE academic consortium researches well-being in the energy transition. Our research focuses on the built environment, open spaces, and mobility, with a strong Living Lab component.
SWEET – “SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition” – is a funding programme of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) whose purpose is to accelerate innovations that are key to implementing Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050 and achieving the country’s climate goals.