In 2026, the SWICE and Lantern consortia partnered up to bring you the most up to date research on living and working in the energy transition. This joint conference was a great opportunity for cross-pollination and to build research bridges between our scientific communities. It was very exciting to head to Fribourg for a full day of presentations, workshops and networking.
📅 Wednesday, June 10th
🕑 8:45 – 17:30
📍 Fribourg/Freiburg (Salle Grenette)
The Conference revolved around three key topics:
Topic 1. Sufficiency in the Built Environment & Renovation Strategies
Moderated by Julia Steinberger and Martin Patel
Topic 2. Recreational Practices & Sustainable Mobility
Moderated by Marlyne Sahakian and Tristan Loloum
Topic 3 – Energy Communities & Energy Demand
Moderated by Philippe Thalmann and Selin Yilmaz
👉 Presentation abstracts in English, French / en français, German / auf Deutsch
As usual, we learned all about the leading research on wellbeing in the energy transition, with a focus on participatory formats, and there was ample time to catch up with colleagues.
SWICE and Lantern are research projects 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) and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), respectively.
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.