How can we make residential neighborhoods more sustainable by 2050?
Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 10:24
in Physics & Chemistry
If the aim of a 2,000 Watt Society is to be achieved, peri-urban residential neighborhoods—where the average single-family home consumes 6.5 times more power than that target—must adapt. An EPFL thesis, which has just been awarded a scholarly distinction, explores ways of hitting the target in Vaud canton, but which could also be applied to the whole of Switzerland.