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Architecture - Physics/Astronomy - 14.05
Light is good for our brains
Light is good for our brains
Scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted at EPFL have confirmed the hypothesis that light influences our subjective feeling of sleepiness.

Architecture - 7.05
Harnessing natural light
Harnessing natural light
Using the most recent generation windows, architects and lighting designers can to control daylight, directing it where they want within a room. Researchers have developed a simulation tool to make access to this technology more widely available.

Electroengineering/Microtechnics - Architecture - 6.03
A Heating System with a Brain
A Heating System with a Brain
A start-up company is putting on the market a thermal regulator that uses neural networks to learn about your house as the seasons change, allowing for savings of up to 65% on fuel. Winter is still with us, and an efficient central heating system is essential.

Architecture - Psychology - 30.10.2009
My office is my castle
My office is my castle
Forschende haben untersucht, wie Bürogebäude und -arbeitsplätze gestaltet sein müssen, damit die Mitarbeitenden ihr Leistungsvermögen optimal einsetzen und psychologische und physiologische Einschränkungen minimiert werden können.


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Architecture - 9.02
Nanoelectronics: Ferroelectric devices show potential
Nanoelectronics: Ferroelectric devices show potential
News and Views The quest for a non-volatile memory technology that offers high storage density, high read and write speeds, and low power consumption has triggered intense research into new materials, mechanisms and device architectures.

Architecture - 10.01
Das «NEST» macht Experimente am Bau möglich
Das «NEST» macht Experimente am Bau möglich
Gebäude stehen für lange Zeit. Doch genau das behindert die Experimentierfreude am Bau. Die Empa bietet mit dem Forschungsprojekt «NEST» nun einen Ausweg aus diesem Dilemma: Im NEST ist nur das tragende Rückgrat von Dauer – alle Räume, samt ihrer Fassaden, sind dagegen austauschbar.

Architecture - Business/Economics - 7.07.2011
Prototyp für optimierte Wärmepumpe zeigt: Energieeffizienz kann noch deutlich gesteigert werden
An der Hochschule Luzern - Technik & Architektur entwickelten Forscher einen Prototypen einer optimierten Luft/Wasser-Wärmepumpe, der bis zu 50 Prozent energieeffizienter arbeitet als herkömmliche Modelle.

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