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  • The Hönggerberg campus of ETH Zurich is being further developed

    The Hönggerberg campus of ETH Zurich is being further developed

    ETH Zurich comprises two main locations. One of them is the “Campus Hönggerberg”, which was originally created as an outdoor location in the local recreation area of the Käferberg. Today, almost half of all ETH members study and work here. ETH Zurich expects further growth in student numbers over the next few years. The main location “Campus Zentrum” in the city of Zurich can only be expanded to a limited extent due to the historical district and city structures. For this reason, ETH Zurich is concentrating on the “Hoenggerberg campus” when planning the space it will need in the future. In the coming decades, this is to be further developed extensively.

    Together with the city and canton of Zurich, ETH Zurich developed the master plan Campus Hönggerberg 2040. This builds on the master plan of 2005 called Science City. The idea of a ring road around the campus as well as the development into a city district with offers for ETH members and visitors is being pursued further. An urban appearance with varying heights as well as gardens and squares is planned. In order to protect the environment, the campus will not be expanded in the direction of the surrounding quarters or the recreation zone, but will be compressed inwards and upwards.

    ETH Zurich attaches great importance to sustainability: In the future, the energy supply should be without fossil fuels. The energy network is being expanded for this purpose. On the side of the adjoining quarters Affoltern and Höngg, a portal building with public-oriented offers is to be built at both campus entrances. Along the central Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse, two more high-rise buildings are planned, which will offer space for teaching and research. In addition, this street is to be developed into a lively, green promenade with a range of ground floor uses. According to the study contract, this redesign allows the needs such as urban planning, traffic, open space, lighting as well as retention and drainage to be taken into account.

    The existing open and green spaces will be upgraded and expanded. A new garden is planned for the central square. The development of sustainable means of transport and the expansion of bicycle connections are also planned. The credo is: We only build if there is a need for it on the part of teaching and research.

  • Zurich is to become a solar city

    Zurich is to become a solar city

    ewz is expanding its citizen participation model ewz.solarzüri . As the energy supplier announced in a press release , around 3,300 additional solar systems on public buildings in the city of Zurich are now available to its customers. In this way, tenants can also contribute to the construction of additional solar areas. The price is 250 francs per square meter, the payment on the electricity bill is 80 kilowatt hours per year for a period of 20 years.

    The largest of the planned new solar systems are in Höngg: on the Lachenzelg Ost school building (1860 square meters) and on the waterfront school building (1170 square meters). 100 square meters are planned on the roof of the Dunkelhölzli residential building in Altstetten, and 165 square meters on the Altstetten train station. If 80 percent of an area is sold through this type of swarm financing, the respective system is realized by ewz.

    In this case, clean electricity will be generated by ewz.solarzüri from January 2023 on over 37,000 square meters. According to ewz, further locations are in the works.

    “With the solar strategy , we in the city of Zurich have the ambitious goal of producing more solar power,” City Councilor Michael Baumer, head of the industrial operations of the city of Zurich , to which ewz also belongs, is quoted in the statement. “Because only together can we make Zurich a solar city – every square meter counts!”