Dauer: 2011 - 2013
Finanzierung: Stiftung zur Förderung der Denkmalpflege
Partner: IDB – Institut für Denkmalpflege und Bauforschung, Prof. Dr. U. Hassler / Prof. Dr. N.Kohler, ETH Zürich
SuAT Team: Dino Rossi, Zoltan Nagy

Die Anzahl hochwertiger Inventar- und Schutzobjekte ist im Verhältnis zum Gesamtbestand von Bauten und Infrastruktur marginal, je nach Bezugsgrösse etwa im Bereich von 3%. Einsparpotentiale energetischer Ertüchtigungen würden im Blick auf diese Grössenordnung nur wenig ins Gewicht fallen, dennoch besteht in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und Diskussion oftmals die Erwartung, gerade an diesen hochwertigen Bauten „symbolische“ und beispielgebende Aktivitäten durchführen zu wollen.

Duration: 2011-2013
Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
SuAT Team: Michele Leidi, Daren Thomas 

In the project we introduce a new approach to conceptualize buildings as connected entities in an urban fabric. Instead of a subsequent evaluation the performance of an architectural design and its improvement through performance analysis and iterative amelioration, we propose a radical shift, starting at the conceptual stage and geared towards the identification of potentials for utilizing abundant and renewable energy sources specific to a building site and its proximity.

Duration: 2007- ongoing
Funding: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE, 2008-2010), Swiss Commission on Technology and Innovation (CTI, 2008-2012) SuAT Team: Daren Thomas, Christian Hersberger, Pascal Goffin, Philipp Geyer

The Design Performance Framework is a modular software framework that fuses design oriented building modeling with multi‐objective simulation, including advanced visualization and methods of statistical data analysis.

Duration: 2011 - ongoing
Funding: DARCH, ETH Zurich
SuAT Team: Dino Rossi, Zoltan Nagy

The Adaptive Systems Lab bridges multiple disciplines in order to engage contemporary technologies and environmental issues within an architectural design setting. In order to create a new type of architectural systems, programming, electronics, and renewable energy technologies are combined with concepts of occupant desires and use patterns in order to produce a system that has the capacity to dynamically respond to shifts in both internal and external environments.

Duration: 2010 - ongoing
Funding: Singapore‐ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC)
Partner: Building Systems Group, Prof. Dr. Hansjuerg Leibundgut, ETH Zurich; National University Singapore (NUS), Prof. Dr. Patrick Janssen; Nanyang Technical University Singapore (NTU), Prof. Dr. Mo Li SuAT Team: Kian Wee, Cheng Li

As part of the Future Cities Lab Singapore, the Low Exergy Research Module aims to advance the research on Low Exergy building systems (cooling, distributed ventilation and dehumidification, lighting) in a highly dense urban context. The primary research objective is the integrated design and operation of zero emission buildings. Following the low‐exergy approach, distributed building service systems will be employed for the environmental management of building space.