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  • 58 percent of Swiss buildings are heated with oil and gas

    58 percent of Swiss buildings are heated with oil and gas

    According to a press release , most heating systems in Swiss buildings were operated with oil or gas in 2021. This is the result of the building and housing statistics now published by the Federal Statistical Office ( BFS ) based in Neuchâtel. According to this, in 2021 there were 1.77 million residential buildings and 4.69 million apartments in Switzerland. 58 percent of the buildings were heated with fossil fuels – heating oil and gas are mentioned. Every fourth person heated with gas. 17 percent of the apartments were equipped with a heat pump. Their share of Swiss heating has quadrupled since 2000.

    Almost 40 percent of the population used heating oil in 2021. 25 percent heated with gas and 16 percent with a heat pump. The proportion of people who use heating oil was highest in the cantons of Ticino with 54 percent and Glarus (50 percent). Gas was used most frequently in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud, at 38 percent and 37 percent respectively.

    There are big differences in the share of gas between urban and rural areas. In urban communities, 30 percent of buildings were heated with gas, compared to just 4 percent in rural communities.

    More than 1 million of all buildings are single-family homes, of which more than half of the inhabited single-family homes were only occupied by one or two people, according to the BFS statement. An inhabited apartment in Switzerland was 102.4 square meters on average. Three and four room apartments make up 55 percent of all apartments in Switzerland.

  • Alvoso Forum meets in the new ZSC Lions arena

    Alvoso Forum meets in the new ZSC Lions arena

    The Alvoso pension fund based in Schlieren is holding its annual Forum event on Wednesday, September 28, from 4 p.m. in the newly built ZSC Lions ice hockey arena. At the forum events every year, not only the affiliated beneficiaries, but also the general public are informed about the latest status at Alvoso and the entire Swiss pension fund market. According to the press release, the Alvoso Forum is taking place in a very special setting this year. Alvoso is the first company ever to be able to be a guest in the brand new stadium, which will be the most modern sports and event arena in Switzerland after the official opening.

    "Being the first company ever to be able to hold an event in these modern premises is very special – we will set worthy accents with exciting topics and eloquent guest speakers," says Remo Schällibaum, President of the Board of Trustees of the Alvoso Pension Fund. Thomas Schmidiger, Managing Director of Alvoso, sees "three days after the AHV vote, the topic of pensions more relevant than ever".

    The program features several guest speakers. Mario Fehr, head of the security department and government councilor of the canton of Zurich, will open the event with a greeting. Patrick Fischer, the national ice hockey coach, will give a behind-the-scenes look at the national team with his presentation on “Inside the team”. And Sven Leuenberger, sports director of the ZSC Lions and host in the new stadium, will comment on the upcoming season and the new stadium, according to the program announcement.

  • Roche opens tallest building in Switzerland

    Roche opens tallest building in Switzerland

    Roche has opened a new office building with 3,200 jobs at its headquarters in Basel. At 205 meters, Building 2 is currently the tallest building in Switzerland. The new building has 50 floors.

    With the construction, the pharmaceutical company is once again committed to its headquarters in Basel. "Building 2 is another visible commitment by Roche to the Basel site, where Roche was founded over 125 years ago," CEO Severin Schwan is quoted as saying in the statement. "It is another milestone in our site development, which creates a highly attractive, modern location for our headquarters."

    Roche has invested 550 million Swiss francs in Building 2. Employees who were previously housed in various buildings across Basel are to come together at the new location. The building allows modern forms of collaboration, from teamwork to concentrated forms of work to a combination of distance and office work.

    According to the announcement, the building is "one of the world's most sustainable office towers". It is heated with waste heat from the area and cooled with groundwater. It also has an energy-efficient facade with 50 percent glass and provides a bicycle cellar with 400 parking spaces.

    Another building is expected to open on the site in autumn 2024: Roche is currently building a new research and development center for 1.2 billion Swiss francs.

  • Cantons are phasing out fossil fuel heaters

    Cantons are phasing out fossil fuel heaters

    The Conference of Cantonal Energy Directors ( EnDK ) passed "a comprehensive paper on the principles of building policy 2050+" at its plenary meeting on August 26, the EnDK informs in a statement . Among other things, it stipulates that by 2030 at the latest, no more fossil fuel heating systems will be installed in Switzerland. This is the only way Switzerland can achieve its goal of emitting no net CO2 by 2050, writes the EnDK. The future cantonal energy laws must be based on this principle decided by the EnDK.

    In the new policy paper, value is also placed on electricity production on the building itself. Above all, photovoltaic systems are to be used on roofs and facades. "The building will become an energy hub that not only consumes energy for the usual applications, but also increasingly uses it for the rapidly increasing electromobility and produces and stores electricity itself," Mario Cavigelli (CVP) is quoted as saying in the statement. The Head of the Department for Infrastructure, Energy and Mobility of the Canton of Graubünden, who is leaving the Government Council at the end of the year, handed over his office as President of the EnDK to the Head of the Department of Finance and Energy of the Canton of Valais, Roberto Schmidt (CVP). .

    Canton-owned buildings should be operated exclusively with renewable energies as soon as possible. The cantons are also currently preparing for a possible supply crisis. Here, too, the cantons want to “set an example” and coordinate the development of their own energy-saving measures, writes the EnDK.

  • Creating livable buildings of the future with foresighted planning

    Creating livable buildings of the future with foresighted planning

    Was ist eigentlich ein „lebenswertes Gebäude“? Früher waren Häuser einfache Gebäude, in denen Menschen vor allem geschlafen und gegessen haben. Heute muss ein Gebäude mehr können: „Wir wollen uns darin wohlfühlen, zur Ruhe kommen, ohne Barrieren fortbewegen und am besten nachhaltig leben. Es schafft nicht nur einen Raum, sondern muss zu den Nutzern und deren Bedürfnissen passen – und zwar heute und in Zukunft. Erst dann sprechen wir von einem lebenswerten Gebäude“, erläutert Sören Eilers.

    Gebäude werden in der Gegenwart für die Zukunft errichtet
    Dabei haben sich die Anforderungen allein in den vergangenen 15 Jahren stark gewandelt: Die Denkweise der Menschen hat sich verändert, zudem herrschen regionale Unterschiede, wenn es um die Frage geht, was ein zeitgemäßes Gebäude ausmacht. Werden mancherorts nur noch Passivhäuser errichtet, so liegt der Fokus andernorts beispielsweise auf freien Lernkonzepten und offenen Räumen. Für Planer und Architekten bedeutet das, dass sie weit vorausdenken müssen. „Gebäude werden in der Gegenwart für die Zukunft gebaut, für die nächsten 30 bis 50 Jahre Nutzungszeit“, erklärt Marco Sperling. „Wir müssen in unserer heutigen Planung also bereits die Nutzungsmöglichkeiten für in ein paar Jahrzehnten bedenken. Dabei ist jedoch fast immer das Budget der limitierende Faktor.“

    Damit nicht genug. Neben den vom Auftraggeber gesteckten Rahmenbedingungen gibt es diverse gesetzliche Anforderungen, Normen und Verordnungen, die einzuhalten sind. Dabei sind sich die unterschiedlichen Regelwerke längst nicht immer einig. „Es gibt in Deutschland fast nichts, das nicht geregelt ist. Die Rahmenbedingungen der Auftraggeber sind oft verhandelbar, bei gesetzlichen Vorgaben ist das weitaus schwieriger“, weiß Sperling aus Erfahrung. Damit am Ende alle Wünsche, Bedürfnisse, Anforderungen und Vorschriften unter einen Hut gebracht werden können, ist eine intensive Abstimmung mit allen Beteiligten unerlässlich: „Der Abstimmungsbedarf wächst ständig und ist sogar in Zertifizierungsprozessen verankert. Das ist auch durchaus sinnvoll, damit es am Ende ein gutes Gebäude wird. Es gilt in jedem Fall: Je besser die Abstimmung von Beginn an, desto besser das Ergebnis!“ So werden im Idealfall alle fachbeteiligten Planer für Haustechnik, Statik, Tragwerk etc., die Verarbeiter, aber auch Nutzer und Auftraggeber sowie deren Interessensvertreter eingebunden.

  • Luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental Palace newly opened in Lucerne

    Luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental Palace newly opened in Lucerne

    The former Hotel Palace Luzern reopens as the Mandarin Oriental Palace on September 24 after extensive renovations. The international hotel group Mandarin Oriental Hotel from Hong Kong operates the building on the shore of Lake Lucerne as a luxurious 5-star hotel, according to a press release . It then has 136 rooms and suites.

    Accordingly, the company renovated the listed Belle Époque building together with the Lucerne architects Iwan Bühler Architekten and the London-based interior designers Jestico + Whiles .

    "The breathtaking overall result is also a homage to the Swiss entrepreneur Franz Josef Bucher, who realized his dream of a Mediterranean retreat by building the house in 1906," says the press release. Accordingly, the surrounding landscape and Mediterranean colors are reflected in the interior design.

    The hotel has two suites with panoramic roof terraces from which guests have a 360-degree view of the lake and the Alps. There is also a 133 square meter presidential suite and numerous guest rooms with a balcony or terrace.

    The guests are fed in one of four restaurants, for which the chef Giland Peled, who has been awarded a Michelin star, is responsible. Two of the restaurants will open a little later, in the first quarter of 2023.

    In addition to a spa area, the hotel also offers spacious rooms such as the Salon Alpine with original Belle Époque decor from 1906 and the Edelweiss ballroom with a view of the lake and garden for celebrations, conferences and other events.

  • The Circle: Switzerland's largest Minergie building certified

    The Circle: Switzerland's largest Minergie building certified

    Minergie and LEED certification has been an integral part of planning and construction at the Circle for 12 years. In the presence of Christian Appert, CEO Amstein + Walthert AG, Martin Kull, CEO and owner HRS Real Estate AG, Daniel Scheifele, Chief Real Estate Officer, Flughafen Zürich AG, Giorgio Engeli, Head Real Estate Portfolio Management Switzerland, Swiss Life Asset Managers, and Stefan Feldmann, Head The Circle, Flughafen Zürich AG, the team around The Circle celebrated on Monday, June 27, 2022, the goal they have now achieved.

    Beautiful, functional, climate-optimized
    With a good 200,000 m 2 energy reference area, the circle accounted for 6% of the certified Minergie area in the year of provisional certification, but was only one of around 1,900 buildings. This shows the size and importance of this extraordinary building in the Swiss context. The Circle is the largest Minergie-certified building in Switzerland. According to government councilor Marc Mächler, the Minergie certificate means that – in addition to all other requirements and uses – the building is also climate-optimized. Climate-optimized means «that this building does not accelerate climate change and that it uses resources carefully. It is efficient and works almost entirely with renewable energy instead of fossil energy.”  

    Thanks to intensive cooperation between the Minergie certification body and those responsible for the circle, the high requirements of the Minergie quality label for the building envelope and ventilation could also be met. Andreas Meyer Primavesi, Managing Director of Minergie, is pleased that the result ultimately benefits everyone: "Especially with today's energy prices, every kilowatt hour of energy saved is worth it – not only for the climate, but also financially".

    Into the net-zero energy future
    With the leading Swiss building label Minergie, more than 12 million tons of CO 2 and 67 million megawatt hours of energy have been saved since 1998 thanks to over 53,000 Minergie buildings compared to the minimum legal requirements. Minergie certifies around 3 million m 2 of energy reference area per year. In close coordination with the cantons, Minergie always leads the way and is therefore a pioneer in cantonal energy laws. This interaction has worked since the beginning and continues successfully. Minergie is currently looking very closely at the energy used and the greenhouse gas emissions in the construction of a building. And secondly, Minergie is striving to improve the operating phase: Extensive, digitized building data is used to measure the energy flows during operation in order to then carry out operational optimization where necessary on the basis of the monitoring. For years, fossil-free operation – even with modernization – Minergie is moving more and more towards net zero. The Minergie-A-ECO standard comes closest to the Swiss net-zero building.

  • Canton of Zurich launches new shop for geodata

    Canton of Zurich launches new shop for geodata

    The Office for Spatial Development of the Canton of Zurich has developed a shop for geodata . According to a press release , users receive free access to spatial data in the canton of Zurich and can order them at the touch of a button.

    With the new shop solution, use-restricted, i.e. non-open data is now also being added. Previously, cantonal geodata sets were available to users free of charge as open authority data via the GIS browser maps.zh.ch or a geoservice and could only be called up manually.

    A total of over 500 products from the geographic information system can be viewed and ordered in the geodata shop, including data on buildings, air, noise and climate. Later, data on buildings and land, so-called object data from the ObjektwesenZH platform, will also be added.

  • A lighthouse at the gateway to Bern

    A lighthouse at the gateway to Bern

    Das neue Gewerbe- und Dienstleistungsgebäude am östlichen Tor zur Stadt Bern soll durch verschiedenste Nutzungen an Lebendigkeit gewinnen. Neben konventionellen Büroräumlichkeiten, flexibel buchbaren Büroräumen für Kleinmietende und Start-ups sowie einem zukunftsorientierten Gastronomie- und Eventbereich sind auch Gewerbeflächen für die Nutzung im Gesundheitsbereich möglich.

    BERN 131 wurde als Multispace konzipiert, wodurch grösstmögliche Flexibilität in der Innenraumgestaltung besteht. Multispace ist ein modulares Raumkonzept mit offenen Bürostrukturen und verschiedenen Sonderflächen – etwa für den Austausch, Pausen oder Rückzugsmöglichkeiten. Diese Raumvielfalt macht Multispace attraktiv und eignet sich gut für die neue, individualisierte Arbeitswelt. Gespräche mit verschiedenen Mietinteressierten sind im Gange.
    Die Architektur und die geschickte Planung von BERN 131 garantieren eine hohe Qualität des Arbeitsumfelds trotz der exponierten Lage. Der geplante Neubau profitiert von einer hohen Sichtbarkeit und der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft zur Wankdorf City. In diesem jungen und aufstrebenden Stadtquartier sind zwei von drei Bauetappen abgeschlossen. Die SBB, die Schweizerische Post und andere Grossfirmen haben hier neue Hauptsitze bezogen. Rund um BERN 131 gibt es ausserdem verschiedene Gastronomie-Angebote, Supermärkte und Business-Unterkünfte. Der Bahnhof Wankdorf ist in rund fünf Gehminuten, diverse Autobahnanschlüsse sind in zwei Fahrminuten erreichbar.

    Das Gebäude in der Form eines Kreisbogendreiecks wird sechs Etagen haben. Die einzelnen Etagen können durch die drei Erschliessungskerne und einen Ring, der sich um das begrünte Atrium legt, erschlossen werden. Die Geschossflächen können flexibel auf verschiedenste Flächenbedürfnisse aufgeteilt werden. Das Gebäude wird grösstenteils in Skelettbauweise mit Holzstützen, Holzunterzügen und Holzhybridecken errichtet. Bei der horizontalen Aussteifung des Gebäudes setzt man auf Erschliessungskerne in Massivbauweise.

    Photovoltaik-Anlagen an der Fassade und auf dem Dach, Energieerzeugung über Erdwärmesonden, ein innovatives Lüftungskonzept mit Wärmerückgewinnung sowie die Nutzung von Regenwasser tragen zur Nachhaltigkeit und Energieeffizienz bei. Die Verwendung von Holz und Holzwerkstoffen schafft zudem eine schöne Raumqualität und ein angenehmes Raumklima.

    Mit seiner Architektur, seiner ausgewogenen Betriebsenergiebilanz sowie zahlreichen gebäudetechnischen Innovationen soll das Gebäude ein Vorzeige- und Leuchtturmprojekt in Sachen Nachhaltigkeit und Ingenieurskunst werden.

    Die Baueingabe erfolgte Mitte Mai 2021; die rechtskräftige Baubewilligung wird zeitnah erwartet. Der Baustart ist auf das zweite Quartal 2022 geplant. Im dritten Quartal 2024 soll BERN 131 bezugsbereit sein.

  • The new old Maag site

    The new old Maag site

    Maaglive is a project on the Maag Areal near Zurich Hardbrücke train station. It complements the office uses that characterize the area today with attractive residential uses, cultural and gastronomic offers: "We got involved with the planning team in the preliminary project in the third quarter of 2021," says Johanna Gerum, project manager for the Maaglive project at Swiss Prime Site. “At the same time, we are developing a promising cultural vision for Maaglive together with the cultural organizer and producer Michel Pernet. Artists, representatives from the creative industries, those responsible for culture in the city of Zurich and interested interest groups from the neighborhood are involved in the use of these areas.»

    The public-intensive uses distributed throughout the day enliven the Maag Areal and create a place in the middle of Zurich West where people like to spend time.

    The Maaglive project consists of the residential tower, the cultural center and the future listed building K. The three buildings are arranged around a tree-lined square which, together with other green spaces, contributes to reducing the heat in Zurich West. In addition, Maaglive opens up the quarter and offers new non-motorised traffic connections. The three very different solitaire buildings should form an ensemble. In between there is a public space with a high quality of stay as the new center of the area. A pleasant microclimate can be created by planting tall trees. The coordinated uses on the ground floors will also enliven the space. The residential tower can be used flexibly, and where the noise pollution is too great, flexible work studios complement the small apartments.

    "Sauerbruch Hutton implemented the guiding principles of the Swiss Prime Site for the Maaglive project most aptly," Johanna Gerum concludes: "Diversification of use: apartments, culture, gastronomy and in particular the so-called third places, which stand for future-oriented quality of use – this on the inside – like outdoor area.»

    This is what the Maag Areal in Zurich should look like one day.
  • Halter redesigns the center of Wetzikon

    Halter redesigns the center of Wetzikon

    With the demolition of buildings in the northern part of the planned new development, the Schliere-based construction company Halter AG has started to redesign the center of Wetzikon . According to the media release , a lively center with shops, services and apartments is to be built there by the end of 2025. In the past two years, Halter AG, as the developer, has brought the project to construction maturity together with the Wetziker architectural office meierpartner . The investor is Turintra AG Zurich, represented by UBS Fund Management. The investment volume on the 9013 square meter area amounts to around 138 million Swiss francs. 

    The shell construction work for the building construction of the first stage is to begin in the spring. Delivery is planned for November 2023. The second stage should be ready for occupancy in November 2025. According to a statement by Halter AG, the superstructure offers space for shops and restaurants, public-oriented uses and a medical center. Rental apartments ranging in size from 2.5 to 4.5 rooms for different target groups are being built on the upper floors. Some of the rental apartments are offered according to the MOVEment concept, in which electronically movable room elements create living comfort in a small space.

    114 apartments and 35 MOVEment apartments are planned. 3,100 square meters are planned for the services area, and 4,600 square meters for sales and gastronomy. Garages for 176 cars, 34 motorcycles and 450 bicycles will be created.

    A central city lane for pedestrians and passers-by and a city square are to be created in Wetzikon. A "Spanish Step" is intended to serve as a cross connection between Bahnhofstrasse and Jörg-Schneider-Park as well as the Wetzikon vocational school.

  • Groundbreaking for the new community center in Spreitbach has taken place

    Groundbreaking for the new community center in Spreitbach has taken place

    The construction of the new community center in Spreitbach has started with the ground-breaking ceremony. According to a press release by fsp architects from Spreitenbach, the new administration building is designed for a population of 15,000. When the old community center was built in 1964, Spreitenbach still had around 9,000 residents. According to the municipality's website , there are now 12,079, of which 5,986 are Swiss and 6,093 are foreigners.

    Planning for the new parish hall began in 2016. A first draft with a planned cost of more than 18 million Swiss francs was rejected. The new cost plan provides for expenditure of CHF 13 million and was approved in early 2020.

    According to an article in the "Aargauer Zeitung", architects, entrepreneurs and members of the building commission were present at the start of construction, as well as mayor Markus Mötteli (centre) and councilor Roger Mohr (SVP). "For the building commission and the planners involved, this is a big moment and the step from theory to practice," says architect and overall project manager Markus Schärer from fsp Architekten. With the new community center in a central location between the village and the commercial zone, the population will have a center and point of identification, according to the statement by fsp architects.

    According to the planning, the new community center should be ready in June 2023. It will also have an underground garage as well as a parking lot. A photovoltaic system will be installed on the roof to supply energy. The old parish hall may later be converted into a school building.

  • Logistikcenter Luzern nimmt Form an

    Logistikcenter Luzern nimmt Form an

    Imbach Logistik errichtet im Littauerboden sein neues Logistikcenter Luzern. Im August 2020 war der Spatenstich für den Neubau  mit einer Gesamtfläche von rund 30’000 Quadratmeter erfolgt. Nun ist die Gebäudehülle fast fertiggestellt, informiert das zur Galliker Transport AG gehörende Unternehmen mit Sitz in Schachen.

    Das Ende der Bauarbeiten ist für Herbst 2024 vorgesehen. Einmal fertiggestellt sollen im neuen Logistikzentrum rund 60 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt sein. Das Lager werde ein vollautomatisiertes Hochregallager mit Stellplätzen für 6500 Paletten und ein ebenfalls vollautomatisiertes Kleinteilelager beinhalten, erläutert Imbach Logistik. Im Zuge der Arbeiten werden zudem von Imbach am Standort bereits betriebene alte Hallen abgerissen.

    Die Energie für das neue Logistizentrum will Imbach Logistik aus erneuerbaren Quellen gewinnen. Heizung und Kühlung des gesamten Gebäudes sollen mit Grundwasser erfolgen, eine auf dem Dach geplante Photovoltaikanlage ist auf eine jährliche Produktion von 950’000 Kilowattstunden Strom ausgelegt. Insgesamt investiert Imbach Logistik rund 60 Millionen Franken in das Projekt.

    Aktuell werden Haus- und Gebäudetechnik installiert und die Fördertechnik für Paletten und Behälter eingerichtet. Im Kleinteilelager sind bereits erste Arbeiten für die Inbetriebnahme angelaufen.

  • Federal government uses geothermal energy for buildings

    Federal government uses geothermal energy for buildings

    Most of the buildings in the National Sports Center in Magglingen are currently heated with gas, according to a press release from the Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (BBL). The BBL is currently realizing a number of new construction and renovation projects for the Federal Office for Sport at the sports center. For the first time, the federal government is using geothermal energy to supply heat to buildings. A new district heating network will supply both the existing and the new buildings.

    Geothermal energy from a depth of 1,300 meters is used for the heat supply. It is expected that the extracted water has a temperature of 30 to 50 degrees Celsius. For this purpose, two wells are being built. The warm water is pumped up via one, the cooled water is let down again via the other. In between, a heat exchanger on the surface takes the heat from the water and uses it to supply the building.

    While the gas supply currently emits 1,300 tonnes of CO2 annually, this should only be 70 tonnes in the future.

  • Switzerland needs 87 million tons of material a year

    Switzerland needs 87 million tons of material a year

    Researchers at the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ) investigated the question: How much does Switzerland consume? The basis was the mass and energy flows for the year 2018. According to the press release , this means that domestic material consumption is 87 million tonnes net per year. That is the mass of material needed to keep the Swiss economy running. This includes, for example, buildings, streets, cars and electricity.

    As an example of outflowing masses, the announcement mentions that 12 million tons end up in the final disposal. The export in the research year 2018 amounted to 18 million tons. A large part of the incoming material remains in the system and allows the "warehouse" to grow by 52 million tons per year (as of 2018). The total weight of the “material warehouse” in Switzerland is around 3.2 billion tons.

    The study is the fourth part of the MatCH project. The abbreviation stands for "Material and energy resources and associated environmental impacts in Switzerland". The project was launched in 2013 on behalf of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and extended over several stages. The first part recorded all material and energy flows in the construction sector; the second covered mobility. And part three was devoted to the production and consumption of the other goods that are imported, obtained domestically and exported.

    The work now presented is part four, which brings a synthesis of the findings from the three previous ones. The team also analyzed how the behavior of the population affects greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to per capita consumption data, the researchers also analyzed personal behavior. The message states that if all residents behaved like the fifth of the population with the most exemplary lifestyle, Switzerland's total greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by 16 percent. If, on the other hand, everyone behaved like the fifth with the least ecological lifestyle, emissions would rise by 17 percent.

  • BKW strengthens building technology with takeovers

    BKW strengthens building technology with takeovers

    BKW Building Solutions, the building services division of BKW leads energy efficiency measures in buildings by. In order to strengthen this area, BKW has now expanded its network of installation companies and taken over two companies from the cantons of Valais and Zurich, the energy company informed in a press release .

    One of these is Elektro Nikolai GmbH . The company based in St.Niklaus, Valais, offers electrical installations in Mattertal and Zermatt. Under the umbrella of BKW, Elektro Nikolai is to work closely with Werner Electro AG, which has been part of BKW since 2018. "The addition of Elektro Nikolai GmbH strengthens the presence and positioning of BKW Building Solutions in Upper Valais and shows the region's great potential for the future," said Stefan Luggen from Werner Electro AG in the press release.

    On the other hand, Gloor Planzer AG will be included in the building technology division of BKW. The company from Männedorf specializes in the installation of air conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation systems, writes BKW. The previous owners Roland and Sandra Gloor will continue to manage the business of Gloor Planzer AG under the umbrella of BKW.