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  • The first projects of the Dietiker Smart City project have been implemented

    The first projects of the Dietiker Smart City project have been implemented

    On the evening of September 27, the population of Dietic was informed on the church square about the implementation of the Smart City project developed by the city of Dietikon and the electricity company of the Canton of Zurich ( EKZ ). The inauguration of the first sub-projects took place.

    According to the press release , there is now a charging station for electric cars on Zelgliplatz, which is available while shopping, but can also be used by residents. Electric bikes can be charged in the basement of the two-storey bike house near the train station. A camera detects free parking spaces in the Hedinger car park. Public WiFi is available to the public at the market hall. There, an air measuring station records temperature, humidity and air pollutants such as fine dust or ozone. The station is supplemented by a network of other environmental sensors distributed across the city. In winter, measuring the ground temperature warns of possible black ice.

    "Only networking and the intelligent use of data leads to added value for the population and for the administration, as one strives for in a Smart City," Jörg Haller, Head of Smart City and Public Lighting at EKZ, is quoted as saying.

    The environmental data recorded at the measuring stations should be displayed transparently, for example on monitors in the town hall. "The city's extensive data is already used today for traffic and construction planning," Mayor Roger Bachmann is quoted as saying. "The prize money from the SFOE gave us another boost," continued Bachmann.

    The Smart City project won the main prize in the Smart City Innovation Challenge of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy ( SFOE ) at the beginning of 2021 and thus received funding of CHF 100,000.

  • 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.

  • Lenzburg gets recyclable coworking space

    Lenzburg gets recyclable coworking space

    Project developer gutundgut has realized a coworking space on the site of the former toy factory Wisa Gloria in Lenzburg according to the principles of the circular economy. All the materials used for the approximately 400 square meters of office, meeting and creative space have already been used somewhere before, explains gutundgut in a statement on the coworking space Gloria , which was inaugurated in mid-September.

    "With Gloria we wanted to prove that it is possible to build sustainably and cost-effectively without having to compromise on quality and aesthetics," Christian Müller is quoted as saying in the statement. "The numerous, very positive responses from our guests on the opening weekend show that this was a success," says the partner and architect of the Zurich project developer.

    According to the announcement, Gloria can also shine with a pioneering achievement in sanitary facilities: a dry toilet has been installed in an office building for the first time in Switzerland. In addition to the range of jobs, the Gloria should also serve as a "feel-good and meeting place for business and culture", explains Rafael Enzler, partner of gutundgut and co-initiator of the project. "The existing gastronomy, event and cultural offerings in the former Wisa Gloria factory area offered an ideal setting for this."

  • ZHAW offers four new courses

    ZHAW offers four new courses

    At the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ( ZHAW ), 4,500 new students are starting their academic training in the winter semester. In the previous year there were 4,700. As of September 19, a total of 14,100 people will be studying at the three ZHAW locations in Winterthur, Wädenswil and Zurich. That's 600 fewer than at the beginning of last year.

    The ZHAW Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management recorded the largest increase with an increase of 13 percent. According to a press release , the two new bachelor’s courses in biomedical laboratory diagnostics and applied digital life sciences as well as the master of science in real estate and facility management are primarily responsible for this.

    The two ZHAW departments of Health and Life Sciences and Facility Management work together on the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics course. According to the ZHAW, the course meets the growing social and technical requirements for diagnostics and health care.

    The Applied Digital Life Sciences course forms the interface between data science and life sciences. The Applied Law course is also new. It provides a general basic legal education. Real Estate & Facility Management is the first master's degree in Switzerland to combine real estate and facility management with sustainability and digitization.

  • Spital Limmattal invites you to the inauguration of the care center

    Spital Limmattal invites you to the inauguration of the care center

    The Spital Limmattal inaugurates the new care center on Saturday, September 17th. According to the press release , the planning and construction work for this took around ten years. The opening of the care center takes place exactly four years after the start of operations in the new acute hospital.

    In addition to the inauguration and opening of the center for viewing from 11 a.m. in the afternoon, the program for the opening ceremony also includes a concert by the Dietikon town music group on the village square, music for organ, singing, oboe in the hospital chapel and a concert by the LIMMICHor on the village square. Various food and drink stands from the region are available on the festival grounds for your physical well-being.

    The premises of the care center are open to all visitors for free inspection on the opening day. During the tour of the care center, the hospital's partner companies will present insights into what is on offer for future residents, according to the invitation. Their move to the new premises is then scheduled for the following week.

    In addition to the actual care center, there is another "revelation", as the media release says. It's about the stop of the Limmattalbahn. Around three months before the official opening of the Limmattalbahn, the "Health Railway Limmattal" will be ceremonially unveiled at 11 a.m. It can then be explored afterwards.

    As a further attraction, the Spital Limmattal offers visitors the opportunity to sit at the controls of the rescue helicopter in the Air Alpine Ambulance (AAA) flight simulator.

    The opening ceremony is scheduled to end at 4 p.m. The hospital recommends arriving by public transport as there are no parking spaces.

  • Gioia Deucher runs the InnHub La Punt

    Gioia Deucher runs the InnHub La Punt

    In the future, the Engadin should be more than an exclusive tourist destination. The InnHub in La Punt wants to enable Swiss and foreign companies to work intensively and creatively with their employees here, on a daily or weekly basis. A mixture of sports, health and educational offers as well as ten second homes should be available for this purpose.

    According to information on the project's website, the initiators expect construction costs of 52 million Swiss francs, half of which they will raise themselves. A quarter of the costs are to be covered by the sale of apartments and parking spaces, with the remainder being financed by banks. Thanks in part to this idea of combining tourism and modern forms of work, the Engadine was voted Digi-Tal 2021/2022 last year.

    With Gioia Deucher, the innovative coworking space has now found an internationally experienced boss, as the innovation diplomat writes on her LinkedIn page . Deucher was previously Head Startup and Innovation Services at Swissnex in San Francisco and thus represented the Swiss innovation landscape in Silicon Valley. She then set up the new Swissnex office in Brazil . Deucher studied international relations at the University of Geneva and at Tufts University in the US state of Massachusetts.