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SWEET Program Awards Funding to Empa-Led Consortium Tackling Switzerland’s Net-Zero Challenges

(IN BRIEF) Empa will lead the ACHIEVE consortium, the winner of Switzerland’s SWEET funding program’s Net-Zero call, to address hard-to-abate CO₂ emissions in sectors such as industry and agriculture. The project brings together 14 partners from academia, business, and civil … Read the full press release

El sector de la construcción recibe un impulso con el material de aislamiento a base de biocarbón de Empa

(NOTICIA EN BREVE) Empa, una organización de investigación líder, está desarrollando un nuevo tipo de material aislante hecho de materias primas de origen vegetal o productos de desecho que pueden retener CO2 de forma permanente a través de un tratamiento … Read the full press release

Building Sector Gets a Boost with Empa’s Biochar-based Insulation Material

(IN BRIEF) Empa, a leading research organization, is developing a new type of insulation material made from plant-based raw materials or waste products that can permanently bind CO2 through a special heat treatment. This “biochar” not only acts as a … Read the full press release

New type of brick filled with aerogel could make thin and highly insulating walls possible in the future

Aerobrick: A brick with a world record ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, 16-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Better thermal insulation means lower heating costs – but this should not be at the expense of exciting architecture. A new type of brick filled with aerogel could make … Read the full press release