The debate over the future of heating is often driven by ideology. Municipal heating plans in Germany now paint a much more realistic picture. Heat pumps and district heating networks…
Germany’s property market is slowing down significantly in the second quarter of 2026. Purchase prices are rising only marginally, the residential property market is losing momentum, and office property values…
immo!nvest+ The major disruption has yet to materialise. According to the latest industry observations, it is not so much the loudest promises of growth that are gaining ground in the PropTech…
Artificial intelligence has become part of everyday work life. It summarizes documents, answers inquiries, and streamlines processes. The more useful AI becomes, the more important the question becomes: Who retains…
Despite the rent register, the debate on expropriation and the electoral risk, major rental housing projects are continuing to get under way in Berlin. The reason is straightforward, yet risky…
750 million dollars by 2035, 500,000 additional homeowner households and a more than 40 per cent increase in mortgage volume. The largest US bank is banking on an aggressive expansion…
Anyone who digs a tunnel ends up producing millions of metric tons of soil and rock, most of which has, until now, ended up unused in landfills. A new research…
A red-and-white flag, a view of the harbor, direct access to the water. For years, the “Swiss House” at Pier 17 in San Francisco served as Switzerland’s calling card in…
In major German cities, asking rents have been rising significantly faster than real wages since 2023. At the same time, housing construction fell to 206,600 completions in 2025. This is…
A crack in a steel component usually means either a costly replacement or continuing to use it at the risk of danger. Empa researchers are now pointing to a third…
New York is expensive, ruthless, and notoriously unaffordable. Now its new mayor is getting serious. Starting in October 2026, rent increases will be capped at zero percent for nearly one…
At the end of June 2026, temperatures in Germany exceeded the 40-degree mark for the first time ever in June. In Möckern-Drewitz, Saxony-Anhalt, the thermometer read 41.5 degrees Celsius, a…
The German real estate market isn't sending a faint signal—it's sending a loud one. Surveys, indices, and cancellation rates all point in the same direction: sentiment is shifting. This time,…
Starting January 1, 2027, a new compensation system for solar power fed into the grid will take effect in Switzerland. The decision made by the Federal Council in May 2026…
Europe is dependent on AI from Washington. A single executive order in the U.S. is enough to cut off an entire continent’s access to cutting-edge AI. The ban on Anthropic’s…
The UOB Plaza modernisation project is featured in the April issue of *Elevator World* magazine. As part of the project, Schindler fitted the twin towers of UOB Plaza in Singapore…
An electric car that is largely self-powered sounds like a dream of the future. But a European research project is now providing tangible figures. Solar cells integrated directly into vehicles…
Green hydrogen is seen as the key to the energy transition, but remains expensive to produce. The materials used in electrolyzers in particular drive up costs. Empa researchers are developing…
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