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  • Climate Fund Stadtwerk Winterthur supports two new projects

    Climate Fund Stadtwerk Winterthur supports two new projects

    Since 2007, the Stadtwerk Winterthur climate fund has been supporting regional and local projects on the sustainable use of energy and climate protection. Two projects will now be funded with a total of 100,000 Swiss francs, the city of Winterthur informs in a press release. Both projects are spin-offs from Zurich universities.

    Borobotics is working on increasing the efficiency of boreholes for heat pumps. The Grabowski drilling method from the spin-off of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences is designed to simplify and automate such drilling operations. In addition, Grabowski requires less space and energy than current drilling equipment. The climate fund’s grant of 80,000 Swiss francs will be used to develop and build a prototype.

    Zürich Soft Robotics GmbH is taking an innovative approach to solar power production. The solar façade Solskin of the spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich is composed of many small and flexible photovoltaic elements. They can follow the position of the sun and, in combination, also shade the interior of the building. Zürich Soft Robotics GmbH will also use the grant of 20,000 Swiss francs to build a pilot system.

    The Stadtwerk Winterthur climate fund raises its funds through voluntary contributions from the customers of Stadtwerk Winterthur. Participants pay a surcharge of 2 centimes on each kilowatt hour of electricity purchased.

    Der Klimafonds Stadtwerk Winterthur spielt seine Mittel über freiwillige Beiträge aus der Kundschaft des Stadtwerks Winterthur ein. Teilnehmende zahlen dafür einen Aufpreis von 2 Rappen auf jede bezogen Kilowattstunde Strom.

  • Building cooperative receives 40,000 francs from the climate fund Stadtwerk Winterthur

    Building cooperative receives 40,000 francs from the climate fund Stadtwerk Winterthur

    The municipal energy supplier Stadtwerk Winterthur has given the building cooperative 40,000 francs more than housing from its climate fund. It wants to finance the pilot operation of a self-learning heating controller in two houses on the 2000-watt Hobelwerk area in Oberwinterthur, according to a media release .

    The heating controller was developed by the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ) in Dübendorf. It is supposed to optimize the heating systems in a climate-friendly way, "by including solar power production on the roof, the interaction between main heating (heat pump) and peak load (pellet boiler) as well as the load on the power grid," the media release said. This offers knowledge for the climate-friendly use of energy with the lowest possible load on the power grid in buildings.